Honduras’ Stalled AG Election Shows Political Obstacles to Fighting Crime
ELITES AND CRIME
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11 SEP 2023
Deadlock over attorney general selection in Honduras underscores the political obstacles to the country's justice system.
All About Honduras
NEWS
BARRIO 18
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16 AUG 2023
The PNFAS has been the scene of two massacres. For years, the tension between Barrio 18 and MS13 escalated.
COCAINE
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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…
BARRIO 18
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28 JUN 2023
The Honduran government's anti-gang crackdown risks oversimplifying the causes behind the country's violence.
GENDER AND CRIME
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21 JUN 2023
A massacre in Honduras is the deadliest at a woman's prison in Latin American history. InSight Crime recently visited this prison to assess conditions.
BARRIO 18
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5 JUN 2023
After six months, the state of exception in Honduras has failed to significantly reduce gang violence and extortion.
COCA
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15 MAR 2023
Coca cultivation remains concentrated in the Andes, but escalating seizures suggest it could eventually be successful elsewhere.
BOLIVIA
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8 MAR 2023
InSight Crime reviews Latin America and the Caribbean's cocaine seizure date from 2022 to find out what it reveals about regional trafficking.
COCAINE
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7 MAR 2023
The US State Department's annual narcotics report sees coca cultivation spreading, while Colombia remains the top cocaine supplier to the US.
ARGENTINA
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8 FEB 2023
InSight Crime's 2022 Homicide Round-Up covers more countries than ever before, with a major expansion into nations of the Caribbean.
BARRIO 18
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17 JAN 2023
To Desafio, the Barrio 18 gang in Honduras was everything. It provided a family, a sense of belonging. Until his life grew increasingly violent.
EL SALVADOR
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10 JAN 2023
Extortion in Latin America continues to bring in fortunes for criminal gangs. So how do they do it?…
BOLIVIA
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29 DEC 2022
The US is losing allies in Latin America just as production of cocaine, fentanyl, and other synthetic drugs is going through the roof.
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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…
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Human Rights Watch Draws on InSight Crime's Haiti Coverage
18 AUG 2023
Non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch relied on InSight Crime's coverage this week, citing six articles and one of our criminal profiles in its latest report on the humanitarian…
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