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Honduras’ Stalled AG Election Shows Political Obstacles to Fighting Crime

ELITES AND CRIME / 11 SEP 2023

Deadlock over attorney general selection in Honduras underscores the political obstacles to the country's justice system.

CIACS / 8 SEP 2023

Former Guatemalan president Otto Pérez Molina's guilty plea could be an attempt to avoid Arévalo's incoming anti-impunity push.

BRAZIL / 1 SEP 2023

The dismissal of top security officials in the Brazilian state of Amazonas suggests corruption could complicate Lula’s battle to save Amazon.

COLECTIVOS / 31 AUG 2023

Like in the past, the Maduro government is utilizing electoral violence by armed groups to secure victory in the 2024 elections.

ELITES AND CRIME / 25 AUG 2023

Reports of an assassination plot against Guatemala's president-elect Bernardo Arévalo may be a final act of political elites as they try to cling to power.

ELITES AND CRIME / 21 AUG 2023

Bernardo Arévalo won Guatemala's presidential election. But he will face more challenges from political elites before taking up the post.

COCAINE / 15 AUG 2023

Paraguay’s new president, Santiago Peña, will face entrenched organized criminal interests, some of which appear to have close ties to members of his own cabinet.  …

ELITES AND CRIME / 8 AUG 2023

Human trafficking has increased dramatically in Venezuela. The involvement of the country's security forces is key to this, experts say.

COLOMBIA / 7 AUG 2023

The Colombian president’s son admitted to accepting money from criminals, embroiling his father's administration in scandal.

ELITES AND CRIME / 2 AUG 2023

The Meleán crime family once ruled over Zulia, Venezuela, but their patriarch's death led to a series of murders that left much of the clan dead.

ELITES AND CRIME / 27 JUL 2023

Venezuelan ranchers are getting their cattle stolen or killed by gangs supported by the very officials meant to supervise the agricultural industry.

ELITES AND CRIME / 19 JUL 2023

Former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli was sentenced to 10 years in prison for money laundering, putting him closer than ever to facing justice after years of avoiding charges for the…

ELITES AND CRIME / 14 JUL 2023

In Guatemala, a series of conflicting rulings has left the country reeling, as the dominant political bloc tries desperately to maintain power.

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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…

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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…