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The Unlikely Resistance of a Lone Mining Gang in Venezuela
ILLEGAL MINING
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17 MAY 2021
The escalating violence between security forces and a gang that formerly enjoyed official protection in Venezuela's foremost mining region shows how the breakdown of criminal and political alliances can lead…
EL MENCHO
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14 MAY 2021
In some regions of Mexico, family members who came up empty-handed this Mother's Day were bailed out by the Jalisco…
BOLIVIA
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14 MAY 2021
The extradition of a prominent Bolivian drug trafficker to Brazil has shed rare light on how family clans in the…
BOLIVIA
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13 MAY 2021
Smuggling networks are feeding illegal mining operations across the Amazon Basin with mercury, despite global efforts to clamp down on…
CHINA AND CRIME
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12 MAY 2021
While the involvement of Chinese money-laundering rings in handling drug proceeds from Mexico is nothing new, a number of recent…
ELITES AND CRIME
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12 MAY 2021
Time appears to be running out for the governor of the US-Mexico border state of Tamaulipas – after lawmakers stripped…
COLOMBIA
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11 MAY 2021
Colombia’s current political crisis has led to severe clashes between police and protesters in many of the country’s largest cities.
EL SALVADOR
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11 MAY 2021
A new report suggests women are increasingly playing an active role in the extortion activities of Central American gangs --…
CARIBBEAN
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10 MAY 2021
High-ranking officials in the Dominican Republic are accused of siphoning millions of dollars in state funds through a religious non-profit,…
COVID AND CRIME
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10 MAY 2021
With a new law granting immunity to El Salvador officials accused of mismanaging coronavirus funds and the resignation of a…
BRAZIL
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7 MAY 2021
The stranger burst into the house, staggering and leaving a trail of blood behind him. He ran into the back,…
COLOMBIA
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7 MAY 2021
A central Texas lawyer known as the “DWI Dude” will spend more than 15 years in federal prison after deceiving…
ARGENTINA
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7 MAY 2021
The cat-and-mouse game of evading law enforcement was taken literally by drug smugglers recently in Panama, who hid cocaine on…
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