Southern Mexico Extortion Suggests Migration of Central American Gangs
BARRIO 18 /
30 JAN 2023
While thousands of gang members have been arrested in El Salvador, some may have moved their activities to Mexico.
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NEWS
COCAINE /
13 JAN 2023
Dutch authorities have seized three Mexican drug loads at Schiphol Airport, marking a new trafficking trend for Europe.
BRAZIL /
4 JAN 2023
East and Southern Africa are receiving much larger cocaine shipments from South America than previously imagined.
COCAINE /
18 NOV 2022
Ecuadorean prison authorities quietly released Dritan Rexhepi, Albania's most notorious cocaine trafficker, last year.
CRIMINAL MIGRATION /
12 OCT 2022
US and Guatemalan authorities will tell you Moises Humberto Rivera Luna, alias "Viejo Santos," is a top member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13). But is he?…
CRIMINAL MIGRATION /
6 OCT 2022
El Salvador will hold off on extraditing a top MS13 gang leader to the United States to face terrorism charges.
CARIBBEAN /
19 SEP 2022
Dominican officials have banned 12 Haitian gang leaders and one of its top politicians from entering the country.
ARGENTINA /
12 SEP 2022
Synthetic drugs like methamphetamine, fentanyl, and ecstasy are reshaping Latin America's drug trade.
CARTEL OF THE SUNS /
1 SEP 2022
InSight Crime charts the history of cocaine from agricultural extract to the basis of global criminal empires.
BRAZIL /
25 AUG 2022
Portugal has seized a blizzard of cocaine in recent months, underscoring the country's role as a major drug hub.
ARGENTINA /
10 AUG 2022
Uruguay has made Latin America's largest ever seizure of European methamphetamine, marking a new phase in drug trafficking dynamics.
CRIMINAL MIGRATION /
19 JUL 2022
Amid El Salvador's brutal anti-gang crackdown, one top MS13 leader was escorted out of the country by a government official.
COCAINE /
29 JUN 2022
Turkish and foreign law enforcement have seized record quantities of cocaine heading from South America to Turkey, revealing the growing role of the country’s powerful traffickers in the transit of…
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