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Criminal Actors
Histories and profiles of organized crime groups, insurgencies, street gangs, vigilantes and the criminal actors that lead them.
10th Front - Ex-FARC Mafia
COLOMBIA GROUPS
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18 JAN 2022
The 10th Front, also known as the Martín Villa Front, is one of the most active elements of the ex-FARC…
The Capture of Otoniel
27 OCT 2021
Otoniel was the most wanted drug trafficker in Colombia, with a $5 million bounty on his head. InSight Crime explores…
Ariel Máximo Cantero, alias 'Guille'
Ariel Máximo Cantero, alias “Guille,” is the leader of Los Monos, a family clan and drug gang based in Rosario,…
Pablo Escobar
AUC
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30 AUG 2021
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was the pioneer in industrial-scale cocaine trafficking.
Jimmy Chérizier, alias 'Barbecue'
CARIBBEAN
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OCTOBER 21, 2021
Former police officer Jimmy Chérizier, alias "Barbecue," is one of Haiti’s most prolific gang leaders.
Bala na Cara
BRAZIL
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27 JUL 2021
Bala na Cara (BNC) is a prominent criminal group in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Border Command
COLOMBIA
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8 JUL 2021
Los Comandos de la Frontera, or the Border Command, formerly known as La Mafia, is a group made up of…
G9 and Family
The “G9 and family and allies” (“G9 en fanmi e alyi” – G9) is a criminal federation of nine of…
César Emilio Peralta, alias ‘El Abusador’
COCAINE
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29 JUN 2021
César Emilio Peralta, alias “El Abusador,” is one of the Dominican Republic's most notorious drug traffickers.
Eliecer Erlinto Chamorro, alias 'Antonio Garcia'
ANTONIO GARCÍA
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JUNE 24, 2021
Eliecer Erlinto Chamorro, alias "Antonio Garcia," is the number two commander in Colombias National Liberation Army…
Loophole Spurs Large-Scale Land Grabs in Brazil
BRAZIL
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4 JUN 2021
A government registry in Brazil has been used to designate millions of hectares of Amazon forest as rural lands, in…
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China Producers Cashing in on Online Sale of Fentanyl Precursors
FENTANYL
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21 JAN 2022
Chinese companies are turning to online sales to supply the fentanyl precursor market in Mexico. As a result, more criminal groups are producing fentanyl, stoking tensions with the cartels at…
Russia-Argentina Cocaine Plot Finally Resolved With Lengthy Convictions
ARGENTINA
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21 JAN 2022
Five years after a multimillion-dollar drug shipment was discovered in suitcases at the Russian Embassy in Argentina, a Russian court has convicted four men of trying to smuggle cocaine on…
By Land and Sea - Chile Dealing with Surge of Creepy Marijuana
CHILE
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20 JAN 2022
Authorities in Chile have reported a string of massive maritime seizures of marijuana, indicating traffickers are searching for new smuggling routes for their highly potent pot.
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