The Shattered Mafia Behind Criminal Chaos in Zulia, Venezuela
ELITES AND CRIME
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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.
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BRAZIL
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26 JUL 2023
On paper, Latin American governments are fighting back against the shark fin trade. In reality, the massacre continues.
FEATURED
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13 JUL 2023
Listen to this article This audio was generated using text-to-speech software Insecurity is rising in Paraguay, and the government is increasing recruitment opportunities for organized crime groups by jailing thousands…
GULF CARTEL
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28 JUN 2023
US policy has exposed migrants to a greater risk of being killed, disappeared, and kidnapped in isolated stretches of the US-Mexico border.
GULF CARTEL
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28 JUN 2023
The journey thousands of migrants take to reach the US-Mexico border is filled with daily run-ins with corrupt officials and organized crime.
ELITES AND CRIME
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22 JUN 2023
Although President Giammattei cannot run in this year’s elections, his political party remains a dominant force.
ELITES AND CRIME
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21 JUN 2023
Guatemala's elections see the participation of political power blocs who have created a system to protect their interests.
COCAINE
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19 JUN 2023
Former first lady and repeat presidential candidate, Sandra Torres, is once again competing to become president of Guatemala.
BRAZIL
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15 JUN 2023
From Colima to Caracas, some parts of Latin America have stubbornly high homicide rates, far higher than the rest of their country.
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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7 JUN 2023
In all of Latin America, Venezuela has a unique problem: constant grenade attacks by criminal gangs.
COCAINE
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16 MAY 2023
Cocaine trafficked from Suriname into French Guiana and then on to France makes up some 30% of all cocaine consumed in the European nation.
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.
COLOMBIA
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28 DEC 2022
Colombian President Gustavo Petro's Total Peace plan faces a very tough road ahead. Can over 20 criminal groups really all commit to peace?…
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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’s work on emerging coca cultivation in Honduras, Guatemala, and Venezuela was cited in the Colombian government’s…
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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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