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Criminal Actors
Histories and profiles of organized crime groups, insurgencies, street gangs, vigilantes and the criminal actors that lead them.
Cortés, Honduras
COCAINE /
16 FEB 2021
Cortés is a major organized crime hub. Vast quantities of drugs, arms, and contraband pass through the department’s busy Atlantic…
Copán, Honduras
COCAINE /
16 FEB 2021
In Copán – a major transit point for cocaine – drug trafficking groups collaborate with local authorities to smuggle narcotics over the department’s porous western border with Guatemala.
Intibucá, Honduras
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES /
16 FEB 2021
Intibucá is not a major organized crime hub, though there is a notable gang presence along the department’s porous southern…
Valle, Honduras
COCAINE /
16 FEB 2021
Valle is an important transit point for cocaine being shipped from South America to Honduras, bound for other Central American…
Ocotepeque, Honduras
COCAINE /
16 FEB 2021
Corruptible customs officials and porous borders facilitate the smuggling of migrants and drugs from Ocotepeque into Guatemala, along with flows of…
La Paz, Honduras
ELITES AND CRIME /
16 FEB 2021
The department of La Paz does not house any major transnational criminal economies or established criminal actors.
Santa Bárbara, Honduras
COCAINE /
16 FEB 2021
Santa Bárbara sees its fair share of narcotics seizures and has played host to major drug trafficking groups such as…
Lempira, Honduras
ELITES AND CRIME /
16 FEB 2021
Lempira is not a major hub for organized criminal activity but is nonetheless an important transit point for illicit narcotics…
Honduras Profile
HONDURAS /
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Honduras, long one of the poorest countries in Latin America, is now also among the most violent and crime-ridden. The…
Escritório do Crime
BRAZIL GROUPS /
AUGUST 13, 2021
Escritório do Crime is one of the largest and most powerful militia groups in Brazil’s second-largest city, Rio de Janeiro.
Chiquimula, Guatemala
COCAINE /
22 JAN 2021
Chiquimula is a transit point and hub for drug trafficking. It also has marijuana production and a vibrant contraband and…
Izabal, Guatemala
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES /
22 JAN 2021
Izabal is one of the most important transit hubs for cocaine being smuggled from Honduras into Guatemala by land, as…
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Caribbean Nations Call for US Gun Crackdown As Murder Rates Soar
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
24 JAN 2023
As American-made guns continue to flood the Caribbean, heads of state are demanding that the US do more to stem the flow of weapons.
Jamaica Seizing Ever-Larger Cocaine Shipments from Colombia
COCAINE /
23 JAN 2023
A string of large cocaine seizures in Jamaica suggests the island is becoming a central hub for trafficking to the United States and Europe.
Nature Under Threat in Ecuador as Gold Miners Target National Park
ECUADOR /
20 JAN 2023
Podocarpus Natural Park in southern Ecuador is only the most recent one to be threatened by encroaching gold miners.
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