Prosecutors Ask for Maximum Sentence for Uribe's Ex-Security Chief
US prosecutors have asked for the maximum 15-year sentence in the case of Mauricio Santoyo, the security chief of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe who admitted ties to organized…
11 Killed in Weekend of Violence in Chihuahua, Mexico
Heavily armed men took over a municipality in the state of Chihuahua over the weekend, unleashing a wave of violence that left 11 dead, underscoring the scale of the task…
Ecuador Maritime Drug Smuggling up 90%: Ex-Intelligence Chief
A former head of Ecuadorean military intelligence claimed there had been a 90 percent increase in the number of maritime drug trafficking routes out of Ecuador in the last seven…
Ex-Colombian Intelligence Head Gets 13 Years Prison for Drug Ties
A former intelligence head of the Colombian Army has been given a 13-year prison sentence for his role in drug trafficking, highlighting the close ties between organized crime and…
Honduran Police Responsible for 149 Deaths in 2 Years: Report
A new report shows 149 people have died at the hands of the Honduran police in the last 23 months, highlighting the urgent need for reform efforts, which are currently…
Bomb Raids Kills 22 FARC Guerrillas
At least 22 FARC guerrillas were killed by aerial bombardments against rebel camps throughout Colombia, in an assault that will test the guerrillas' commitment to their unilateral…
Honduras Seizes Largest Ever Drug Shipment
Honduran authorities have seized an estimated 15 tons of illegal drugs in the largest haul in the country's history, highlighting its increasingly central role in the international drug trade.
Mexican Armed Group Burns Down Sinaloa Village
A village in Sinaloa, Mexico was burned to the ground by armed men in an attack likely linked to the ongoing battle between the Beltran Leyva…
El Salvador Truce Mediators Call for Repeal of Anti-Gang Law
Mediators of the El Salvador gang truce say a controversial anti-gang law should be repealed, once again calling into question the iron first policies implemented in El Salvador…
Colombia's Gaitanistas Expand Presence in Panama
Colombia's neo-paramilitary Urabeños are strengthening their presence across the border in Panama, expanding their influence over a key drug shipment route with easy access…
UN Agrees to LatAm's Calls for Debate on Global Drug Policy
The United Nations General Assembly has backed a proposal put forth by several Latin American countries to debate alternative approaches to the war on drugs, a move which could raise…
Mexican Beauty Queen Dies in Military-Gang Shootout
The death of Miss Sinaloa 2012 in a shootout between the Mexican military and suspects linked to the Sinaloa Cartel points to the links between organized crime and…
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This week InSight Crime investigators Sara García and María Fernanda Ramírez led a discussion of the challenges posed by Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” plan within urban contexts. The…
InSight Crime Cited in New Colombia Drug Policy Plan
InSight Crime’s work on emerging coca cultivation in Honduras, Guatemala, and Venezuela was cited in the Colombian government’s…
InSight Crime Discusses Honduran Women's Prison Investigation
Investigators Victoria Dittmar and María Fernanda Ramírez discussed InSight Crime’s recent investigation of a massacre in Honduras’ only women’s prison in a Twitter Spaces event on…
Human Trafficking Investigation Published in Leading Mexican Newspaper
Leading Mexican media outlet El Universal featured our most recent investigation, “The Geography of Human Trafficking on the US-Mexico Border,” on the front page of its August 30…
InSight Crime's Coverage of Ecuador Leads International Debate
This week, Jeremy McDermott, co-director of InSight Crime, was interviewed by La Sexta, a Spanish television channel, about the situation of extreme violence and insecurity in Ecuador…
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