Changing Faces: Sinaloa Cartel’s Longtime Colombia-Connect Sentenced to Prison
COCAINE
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18 AUG 2023
The sentencing of notorious Colombian drug trafficker Chupeta marks the end of a lucrative and bloody career.
All About El Chapo
NEWS
CHAPITOS
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17 JUL 2023
The Sinaloa Cartel has survived over thirty years as the top dogs of Mexico's drug trafficking world. What is the secret to its longevity?…
CHAPITOS
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28 MAR 2023
The Chapitos and the Caborca Cartel are warring over fentanyl and methamphetamine drug routes in Sonora, Mexico.
CHAPITOS
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9 JAN 2023
Mexico has arrested one of El Chapo's sons, Ovidio, at a bitter cost. But will it make a difference to the Sinaloa Cartel?…
CHAPITOS
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23 DEC 2022
The Chapitos are winning the internal war for the Sinaloa Cartel and doing it in a different way than their father ever considered.
COLOMBIA
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29 OCT 2021
The fascination with “narco-culture” has taken over the entertainment and media industries: documentaries, TV shows, movies, podcasts, even a dedicated page on this website.
COCAINE
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21 JUN 2021
Misconceptions surrounding Mexico's drug trade have long been replicated in popular culture and public discourses.
CHAPITOS
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3 MAY 2021
The conviction of Ismael Zambada-Imperial, son of the Sinaloa Cartel's top leader, in the US may be a headline-grabber but does nothing to blunt the group's ability to bring cocaine…
EL CHAPO
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23 FEB 2021
The indictment of the wife of convicted Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera has revealed her alleged role in the organization, ranging from her husband's messenger to coordinating…
CHAPITOS
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22 OCT 2020
The walls have now been patched up. There is nothing left on the streets but dust; customers are ready to go back into restaurants, the City Club wholesale store is…
COCAINE
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18 JUN 2020
The recent arrests of two Guatemalan drug traffickers linked to Antonio “Tony” Hernández, a former Honduran congressman jailed for drug trafficking in the United States, has shed new light on…
EL CHAPO
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25 OCT 2019
Amid a wave of national and international criticism for his handling of the Culiacán meltdown last week, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador faces the toughest public security test of…
About InSight Crime
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InSight Crime Contributes Expertise Across the Board
22 SEP 2023
This week InSight Crime investigators Sara García and María Fernanda Ramírez led a discussion of the challenges posed by Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” plan within urban contexts. The…
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InSight Crime Cited in New Colombia Drug Policy Plan
15 SEP 2023
InSight Crime’s work on emerging coca cultivation in Honduras, Guatemala, and Venezuela was cited in the Colombian government’s…
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InSight Crime Discusses Honduran Women's Prison Investigation
8 SEP 2023
Investigators Victoria Dittmar and María Fernanda Ramírez discussed InSight Crime’s recent investigation of a massacre in Honduras’ only women’s prison in a Twitter Spaces event on…
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Human Trafficking Investigation Published in Leading Mexican Newspaper
1 SEP 2023
Leading Mexican media outlet El Universal featured our most recent investigation, “The Geography of Human Trafficking on the US-Mexico Border,” on the front page of its August 30…
THE ORGANIZATION
InSight Crime's Coverage of Ecuador Leads International Debate
25 AUG 2023
This week, Jeremy McDermott, co-director of InSight Crime, was interviewed by La Sexta, a Spanish television channel, about the situation of extreme violence and insecurity in Ecuador…
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