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InSight Crime’s 2019 Homicide Round-Up

by Parker Asmann and Eimhin O’Reilly 28 Jan 202028 Sep 2023

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GameChangers 2019: 10 Predictions for Organized Crime in 2020

by Jeremy McDermott and Steven Dudley 24 Jan 202029 Sep 2023

GameChangers 2019: Northern Triangle Countries to Fight Corruption Alone, if at All

by Héctor Silva Ávalos and Seth Robbins 17 Jan 202029 Sep 2023

Mexican President Lopez Obrador

GameChangers 2019: Mexico’s Body Count Soars as AMLO Out of Ideas

by Parker Asmann, Patrick Corcoran and Chris Dalby 16 Jan 202029 Sep 2023

Ovidio Guzman

GameChangers 2019: Backwards to the Future

by Steven Dudley and Jeremy McDermott 15 Jan 202029 Sep 2023

Investigations Ecuador

Sucumbíos: Lawless Ecuador Border Province Is Sanctuary for Traffickers

by James Bargent 8 Nov 20191 Nov 2023

Investigations Ecuador

Esmeraldas: An Ecuador Province Gripped by Drug Conflict

by James Bargent 5 Nov 20191 Nov 2023

Investigations FARC

Ecuador: A Cocaine Superhighway to the US and Europe

by James Bargent 30 Oct 20191 Nov 2023

The US Drug Trial Evidence That Could Topple the President of Honduras

by Parker Asmann and Seth Robbins 2 Oct 201920 Apr 2022

How His Own Extradition Policy Exposed the Honduras President

by Seth Robbins 17 Sep 20192 Feb 2021

Wild West of Honduras: Home to Narcos and Their Politicians

by Héctor Silva Ávalos 10 Sep 20192 Feb 2021

Ex-FARC Mafia: Colombia’s Criminal Army Settling Down in Venezuela

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 4 Sep 20194 Feb 2021

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