{"id":99312,"date":"2019-04-26T13:55:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/?p=99312"},"modified":"2023-04-24T16:35:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T21:35:15","slug":"actores-criminales-grupos-criminales-independientes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/investigaciones\/actores-criminales-grupos-criminales-independientes\/","title":{"rendered":"Grupos criminales independientes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La diversidad de extorsionistas en Centroam\u00e9rica confirma la facilidad con la que los oportunistas pueden montar sus propios esquemas. Actores independientes se han aprovechado de las pocas barreras de entrada a este mercado criminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Algunas pandillas peque\u00f1as han logrado control territorial de unas cuantas cuadras a cuyos residentes extorsionan, siguiendo el modelo impuesto por la Mara Salvatrucha (<a title=\"MS13\" href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/tag\/ms13-es\/\">MS13<\/a>) y <a title=\"Barrio 18\" href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/tag\/barrio-18-grupo\/\">Barrio 18<\/a>, aunque a menor escala. En algunos lugares de ciudades de <a title=\"El Salvador\" href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/tag\/el-salvador-pais\/\">El Salvador<\/a>, <a title=\"Guatemala\" href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/tag\/guatemala-pais\/\">Guatemala<\/a>&nbsp;y <a title=\"Honduras\" href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/tag\/honduras-pais\/\">Honduras<\/a>,&nbsp;estas pandillas independientes luchan contra los dos grupos dominantes por el <a href=\"https:\/\/es.insightcrime.org\/sin-categorizar\/barrio-pobre-barrio-bravo-violenta-historia-rivera-hernandez-honduras\/\">control del territorio<\/a>&nbsp;y los mercados de extorsi\u00f3n y microtr\u00e1fico.&nbsp;<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Algunos de estos oportunistas criminales ir\u00f3nicamente empezaron como grupos comunitarios de autodefensa creados para contrarrestar la extorsi\u00f3n y combatir las pandillas.&nbsp;Algunos grupos de vigilantes (como Los Pumas, en la ciudad de La Ceiba, Honduras) se criminalizaron con el tiempo y eventualmente montaron su propio sistema extorsivo imponiendo tasas a los locales con la excusa de la seguridad.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>*Esta investigaci\u00f3n sobre la extorsi\u00f3n en el Tri\u00e1ngulo Norte se llev\u00f3 a cabo como parte de un proyecto conjunto con <a href=\"https:\/\/globalinitiative.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Global Initiative<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Otros grupos han dominado el modus operandi b\u00e1sico de hacer llamadas telef\u00f3nicas amenazantes y cobrar las cuotas entregadas mediante dep\u00f3sitos en cuentas bancarias, transferencias e incluso dinero en efectivo.&nbsp;Dados los altos \u00edndices de violencia generales en el Tri\u00e1ngulo Norte y los asesinatos frecuentes de v\u00edctimas de extorsi\u00f3n que se resisten, las personas amenazadas por grupos independientes tender\u00e1n a ceder ante cualquiera que los amenace.&nbsp;<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En <a title=\"Costa Rica\" href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/tag\/costa-rica-pais\/\">Costa Rica<\/a> y Panam\u00e1,&nbsp;donde las pandillas callejeras a\u00fan no han adoptado la extorsi\u00f3n masiva, los grupos independientes son responsables de maquinarias de usura. Muchas veces, estos grupos participan ocasionalmente en narcotr\u00e1fico o mantienen v\u00ednculos con organizaciones narcotraficantes, y usan las ganancias de la venta de drogas para financiar los pr\u00e9stamos abusivos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>*Esta investigaci\u00f3n sobre la extorsi\u00f3n en el Tri\u00e1ngulo Norte se llev\u00f3 a cabo como parte de un proyecto conjunto con <a href=\"https:\/\/globalinitiative.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Global Initiative<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La diversidad de extorsionistas en Centroam\u00e9rica confirma la facilidad con la que los oportunistas pueden montar sus propios esquemas. Actores independientes se han aprovechado de las pocas barreras de entrada a este mercado 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