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Criminal Actors
Histories and profiles of organized crime groups, insurgencies, street gangs, vigilantes and the criminal actors that lead them.
Los Monos
ARGENTINA GROUPS
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JULY 31, 2019
The criminal group known as “Los Monos,” led by members of the Cantero family, has been operating for more than…
Álex Saab
VENEZUELA PERSONALITIES
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JUNE 14, 2020
Álex Saab is a Colombian businessman known for making million dollar deals with the Venezuelan government involving prefabricated houses and…
Samark López Bello
CARTEL DE LOS SOLES
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JUNE 14, 2019
Samark López Bello is a Venezuelan businessman and currently a fugitive from American justice facing charges of laundering drug money.
Jarvis Chimenes Pavão, alias “The Drug Kingpin”
PARAGUAY
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MAY 23, 2019
Brazilian national Jarvis Chimenes Pavão rose to become one of South America’s most prominent drug traffickers and the successor of…
Tareck El Aissami
VENEZUELA PERSONALITIES
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JUNE 17, 2019
Tareck El Aissami is the Minister of Industries and National Production of Venezuela. He has held this position since June…
Seuxis Pausías Hernández, alias ‘Jesús Santrich’
COLOMBIA PERSONALITIES
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AUGUST 18, 2020
Seuxis Pausías Hernández Solarte, alias “Jesús Santrich,” is a former rebel commander who has taken up arms again as part…
Hernán Darío Velásquez Saldarriaga, alias ‘El Paisa’
COLOMBIA
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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Hernán Darío Velásquez, better known as 'El Paisa,' was a top former leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia…
Los Caparrapos
AUC
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
Los Caparrapos, also known as the Virgilio Peralta Arenas Front, is a criminal group linked to drug trafficking, with a…
Walter Patricio Arizala, alias “Guacho”
COLOMBIA
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JANUARY 18, 2019
Walter Patricio Arizala, alias “Guacho,” was one of the most wanted criminals in both Colombia and Ecuador, after military forces…
Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG)
JALISCO CARTEL
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11 DEC 2018
The CJNG is a criminal group that has evolved as a result of killings, captures and rifts in older cartels.
Marcos Willians Herbas Camacho, alias ‘Marcola’
BRAZIL
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MARCH 25, 2020
Marcos Willians Herbas Camacho, known by the aliases “Marcola” and “Playboy,” has been the top leader of Brazil’s biggest and…
Argentina Profile
Despite Argentina's prominent role as a money laundering center and as a drug transit and consumption point, the country does…
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Happy Mother’s Day from Your Friendly Neighborhood Cartel Boss
EL MENCHO
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14 MAY 2021
In some regions of Mexico, family members who came up empty-handed this Mother's Day were bailed out by the Jalisco Cartel.
Bolivia Family Clans Key Cocaine Suppliers to Brazil, Colombia
BOLIVIA
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14 MAY 2021
The extradition of a prominent Bolivian drug trafficker to Brazil has shed rare light on how family clans in the Andean nation serve as important cocaine suppliers to powerful organized…
Dirty Business – The Smuggling Pipeline Carrying Mercury Across the Amazon
BOLIVIA
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13 MAY 2021
Smuggling networks are feeding illegal mining operations across the Amazon Basin with mercury, despite global efforts to clamp down on the use of the substance.
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