New Strategies in Rosario, Argentina, as Monos Fight
ARGENTINA
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14 MAR 2023
As the Monos fragment, Argentina is trying new strategies to reduce the violence in Rosario.
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NEWS
ARGENTINA
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8 NOV 2022
Argentina’s most violent city, Rosario, looks set to beat its homicide record set one decade ago. But the city’s criminal landscape has drastically changed. …
ARGENTINA
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30 SEP 2022
The capture of a young member of the Cantero family, leaders of the Monos, underlines their persistence in Argentina.
ARGENTINA
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16 JUN 2022
The leader of Argentina's Alvarado Clan is behind bars. But as the Monos have shown, running a criminal group from prison is possible in Argentina.
ARGENTINA
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3 DEC 2021
Amid a spate of attacks on drug stash houses in the city of Rosario, Argentina, residents have taken to painting messages on the walls of their homes to try and…
ARGENTINA
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23 NOV 2021
A criminal borrowed the surname of the imprisoned Monos gang boss to receive extortion payments from businesses in the Argentine city of Rosario – a play that smacks of a…
ARGENTINA
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19 NOV 2021
Once the purview of Mexican drug cartels, the production of pro-gang songs that soothe the egos of powerful criminal overlords are swiftly becoming a region-wide phenomenon.
ARGENTINA
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4 OCT 2021
The Monos, Argentina's leading criminal organization, know how to roll with the punches. And while their leader faces a total of 84 years in prison, the group's grip on the…
ARGENTINA
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OCTOBER 20, 2022
Ariel Máximo Cantero, alias “Guille,” is the leader of Argentina's Monos crime family. While he is facing decades behind bars, he has so far remained in control of the Monos…
ARGENTINA
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10 SEP 2021
Violence is rocking Argentina’s port city of Rosario just as the leaders of its biggest gang, the Monos, are on trial for allegedly orchestrating a series of attacks against the…
ARGENTINA GROUPS
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APRIL 28, 2022
The criminal group known as “Los Monos,” led by members of the Cantero family, has been operating for more than 20 years in the Argentine city of Rosario.
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