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Tri-Border Areas: Two infamous regions in Central America and the Southern Cone, where countries, criminal actors and economies all intersect.
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Border Crime: The Northern Triangle and the Tri-Border Area
11 JAN 2021
InSight Crime has spent two years chronicling criminal activity in Central America’s Northern Triangle and the Southern Cone’s Tri-Border Area – two regions pivotal to transborder crime. We have mapped…
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Extortion in Northern Triangle Worth Over $1 Billion Annually: Report
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3 OCT 2022
Extortion in the Northern Triangle is predominantly done from prisons, yet prison populations have been on the rise.
GameChangers 2021: US Losing War on Corruption in Central America
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30 DEC 2021
The United States, under the Biden administration, was supposed to help curb corruption, but for corrupt officials in Central America, life has rarely looked better.
3 Security Takeaways from Xiomara Castro's Historic Win in Honduras
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30 NOV 2021
Leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro appears to have ridden a wave of outrage to become Honduras' next president, beating out her right-wing rival in the ruling party, which has come…
Controversial Legal Reforms in Honduras Continue Country's Anti-Corruption Legacy
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5 NOV 2021
A package of controversial legislative reforms became law in Honduras this week, further sinking any lingering efforts to combat corruption in the country. Approved earlier in…
US Senators Seek Sanctions Against Honduras President
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24 FEB 2021
Eight Democratic senators have sent the first signals that the United States will divorce itself from Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández amid mounting allegations of drug trafficking, saying in a…
Drugs, Porous Borders, Politics and Crime in Honduras
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17 FEB 2021
Following the capture of some of its biggest criminal names, organized crime in Honduras has gone through a metamorphosis that has opened the door to ambitious politicians and gangs alike.
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