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Self-Defense Group Emerges After Criminal Attacks in Chiapas, Mexico
DISPLACEMENT
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26 JUL 2021
Amid government inaction, Indigenous communities in the highlands of Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas are throwing their support behind a self-defense group that formed to fend off attacks by organized…
ELITES AND CRIME
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25 JUL 2021
The dismissal of Juan Francisco Sandoval, Guatemala's leading anti-corruption prosecutor who has since fled the country, has drawn condemnation at…
COLOMBIA
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23 JUL 2021
Once belonging to the demobilized FARC, certain criminal groups seek to reconquer surrendered assets, driving a wave of violence in…
COVID AND CRIME
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22 JUL 2021
After peddling fake tests and vaccines for the coronavirus, criminals are now selling counterfeit vaccination certificates in Mexico City, allowing…
BOLIVIA
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22 JUL 2021
A recent clash between soldiers and smugglers has pointed to how Bolivia’s trade in contraband has reached a flashpoint.
MARIJUANA
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21 JUL 2021
A string of large marijuana seizures in Paraguay's eastern border departments underscores how the region continues to be a key…
COLOMBIA
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20 JUL 2021
A synthetic drug popular in Colombia's party scene was recently found to be laced with the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl,…
BRAZIL
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20 JUL 2021
Government officials in Brazil say smugglers are moving Haitian migrants across the country's border with Peru, as many of them…
FENTANYL
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19 JUL 2021
The United States saw a record toll in drug overdose deaths last year, driven in part by two powerful synthetic…
COLOMBIA
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19 JUL 2021
Living two weeks in the jungle wasn't bad really. While spending eight hours a day felling trees with an axe…
AUC
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16 JUL 2021
One of Colombia's foremost drug traffickers and money launderers has been assassinated in Bogotá, leaving important unanswered questions about his…
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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16 JUL 2021
Illegal fishing is out of control in the Mexican state of Yucatán, say local fishermen and media, as illegal techniques,…
COLOMBIA
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15 JUL 2021
A convicted cocaine trafficker is among the suspects that authorities in Haiti are pursuing in connection to the middle-of-the-night murder…
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