The Perrones are El Salvador's most infamous transportation group. Made up of a mix of hoteliers, human smugglers, and contraband traders, the group's activities stretch from Panama to Guatemala. Working from their eastern front, along the border with Honduras, many of them carry dual citizenship with the neighboring country, which allows them to move easily across the porous borders they…
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has appointed a new security minister whose alleged ties to officials and political operators accused…
Though a relatively minor player in the transnational drug trade, El Salvador's overland smuggling routes have undergone a moderate revival…
The arrest in El Salvador of a mayor suspected of drug trafficking has raised new questions about politicians' complicity with…
Former DEA agent in El Salvador Danny Dalton doesn't mince words: Central America's drug trafficking organizations would not be so…
A couple convicted of money laundering are set to be the first members of Salvadoran drug trafficking group the Perrones…
Police in El Salvador have dismantled a criminal network run by a member of the Perrones with Barrio 18 gang…
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