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COLOMBIA
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1 NOV 2010
In Colombia there are reports by El Tiempo that the urban violence in Medellin has displaced at least 1,870 people…
EL CHAPO
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1 NOV 2010
In a transcript of the police interrogation with Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias "La Barbie," he says disputes over control of…
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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1 NOV 2010
A report in Milenio describes how the Zetas control the human trafficking trade in the central state of Hidalgo,…
ECUADOR
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31 OCT 2010
Ecuadorean officials arrested Miguel Dutan Meneses, a suspected member of the network of human smugglers that sent several Ecuadoreans through Mexico on…
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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31 OCT 2010
Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO) like Mexico's La Familia, is entering the cattle rustling business, according to a lengthy…
MEXICO
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31 OCT 2010
Six Guatemalan former military were sentenced to prison this week in Mexico for working with the Mexican criminal group the…
BELTRAN LEYVA ORG
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31 OCT 2010
In an illustration of the reach of the Beltrán Leyva Organization, an associate of Edgar Valdez Villareal, alias La Barbie,…
31 OCT 2010
From an October 27, 2010 report by Kevin Casas-Zamora of the Brookings Institution.
BELTRAN LEYVA ORG
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31 OCT 2010
Mexican authorities are making it seem as if Edgar Valdez Villareal, alias La Barbie, is cooperating with them following their…
MEXICO
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31 OCT 2010
A new study by the Congressional Commission on Development of the Municipalities in Mexico says that drug trafficking groups…
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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31 OCT 2010
Twenty thousand migrants per year are kidnapped in Mexico by criminal groups, ElSalvador.com says, citing Mexican and international monitoring…
COLOMBIA
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31 OCT 2010
Colombian authorities have indentified 152 gangs operating in Medellin, according to a report by Caracol citing a government intelligence…
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