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Criminal Actors
Histories and profiles of organized crime groups, insurgencies, street gangs, vigilantes and the criminal actors that lead them.
Libertadores del Vichada
COLOMBIA
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2015-11-17 23:23:31
The Libertadores del Vichada are a splinter group of the Popular Revolutionary Anti-Terrorist Army of Colombia (ERPAC) based in…
Colombia Profile
COLOMBIA
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2021-01-21
After more than half a century of civil war and the rise and fall of drug trafficking empires, Colombia has…
Carlos Luis Revete, alias 'El Koki'
EL KOKI
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23 APR 2021
Carlos Luis Revette, alias “El Koki,” is one of Venezuela’s most wanted criminals and leader of the “megabanda" that controls…
EPL
COLOMBIA GROUPS
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2021-01-21
The dissidence of the EPL, which the Security Forces call Los Peludos, is the dissidence of the guerrilla group Popular…
Santa Ana, El Salvador
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES
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22 MAR 2021
Santa Ana is a key transit point for criminal groups smuggling cocaine and marijuana between El Salvador and Guatemala. It…
La Unión, El Salvador
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES
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22 MAR 2021
La Unión’s two ports and its Pacific coastline are routinely used by cocaine smugglers moving drugs north in boats and…
Chalatenango, El Salvador
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES
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22 MAR 2021
Though not a major hub for transnational organized crime, the department of Chalatenango is a transit point for migrants, arms…
Cabañas, El Salvador
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES
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22 MAR 2021
Aside from some contraband smuggling between Cabañas and neighboring Honduras, there is no indication that the department is involved in…
San Miguel, El Salvador
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES
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22 MAR 2021
San Miguel was an important operational center for the once-powerful Perrones drug cartel. It is also a hotbed for gang…
Morazán, El Salvador
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES
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22 MAR 2021
There is a minor presence of transnational organized crime in Morazán and limited gang activity.
Ahuachapán, El Salvador
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES
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22 MAR 2021
Ahuachapán is a transit point for cocaine and marijuana shipments. There is also a strong MS13 presence in the department.
Salta, Argentina
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES
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15 MAR 2021
Salta is the main gateway for cocaine entering Argentina. Drugs enter via Salvador Mazza and Aguas Blancas, parts of which…
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El Salvador Mayors Cash in on Migrant Smuggling
EL SALVADOR
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5 AUG 2021
In two separate cases in El Salvador, mayors are accused of heading migrant smuggling rings, a crime that, like drug trafficking, local officials in border regions are well…
Extermination Sites - The New Depths of Mexico's Disappearance Crisis
HUMAN RIGHTS
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4 AUG 2021
Families combing for clues about their vanished loved ones at recently discovered extermination sites in northern Mexico have turned to local cartel leaders for help - revealing their desperation to…
3 Takeaways from Jovenel Moïse’s Murder Investigation in Haiti
CARIBBEAN
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3 AUG 2021
Nearly a month after the midnight assassination of former Haiti President Jovenel Moïse, many of the details about the murder plot remain murky despite scores of arrests.
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