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Guatemala Ex-President Pleads Guilty in Graft Case Amid Shifting Corruption Climate 

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.

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 / 3 AUG 2023

A new book by journalist Deborah Bonello examines the roles women play in organized crime and argues that their participation in criminal activities deserves further study.   In…

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.

ELITES AND CRIME / 4 JUL 2023

Guatemala's election results have been suspended after complaints of election fraud. Multiple observer agencies said the elections were fair.

FEATURED / 30 JUN 2023

Sometimes the line between human smuggling and human trafficking can be blurred as coyotes take advantage of those they've promised to guide.

ELITES AND CRIME / 27 JUN 2023

Left-wing candidate Bernardo Arévalo caused a dramatic upset in Guatemala's elections, securing a run-off with Sandra Torres of UNE.

COCAINE / 23 JUN 2023

A look at former candidate Carlos Pineda Sosa, a popular outsider who was recently disqualified from Guatemala’s presidential race.

ELITES AND CRIME / 22 JUN 2023

Presidential frontrunner Edmond Mulet has run on a promise of change. But ties to candidates accused of corruption cast doubt on this pledge.

CIACS / 22 JUN 2023

Despite previous campaign bans, Zury Ríos is one of this election’s forerunners, her success due to support from a wide range of allies.

ELITES AND CRIME / 22 JUN 2023

Although President Giammattei cannot run in this year’s elections, his political party remains a dominant force.

CIACS / 21 JUN 2023

Guatemala's political landscape is dominated by corrupt elites that have ensured impunity for themselves and their allies.

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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…