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Criminal Actors
Histories and profiles of organized crime groups, insurgencies, street gangs, vigilantes and the criminal actors that lead them.
Leider Johani Noscue, alias 'Mayimbú'
COLOMBIA PERSONALITIES
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8 NOV 2019
Leider Noscue, known by his alias “Mayimbú,” is currently one of the highest-value military targets in the department of Cauca,…
Ex-FARC Mafia
EX-FARC MAFIA
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OCTOBER 27, 2019
Las disidencias de las FARC o ex-Farc Mafia son grupos de excombatientes de la antigua guerrilla que se opusieron o…
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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MAY 18, 2021
Seuxis Pausías Hernández Solarte, alias “Jesús Santrich,” was a senior former FARC commander who participated in that guerrilla group's demobilization…
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…
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.
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Extermination Sites - The New Depths of Mexico's Disappearance Crisis
HUMAN RIGHTS
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4 AUG 2021
Families of Mexico's disappeared are turning to local cartel leaders for help searching for their loved ones amid government inaction, as the discovery of dozens of extermination camps alongside clandestine…
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.
A Blend of Family and Politics in Guatemala's Cocaine Trade
COCAINE
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3 AUG 2021
An anti-narcotics operation in western Guatemala has shed further light on how families involved in local politics can play a pivotal role in the regional cocaine trade.
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