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How Bukele’s Government Overpowered Gangs: Major Findings
Dec 6, 2023 · How Bukele’s Government Overpowered Gangs: Summary & Major Findings. In March 2022, the government of El Salvador launched one of the most relentless security crackdowns in its history in its latest attempt to debilitate the country’s three main gangs — the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13), the Barrio 18 Revolucionarios (18R), and the Barrio ...
What We Know About Tren de Aragua’s US Presence - InSight Crime
Oct 4, 2024 · by Venezuela Investigative Unit 4 Oct 2024. Tren de Aragua’s supposed expansion into the United States has received national media coverage and attention from the country’s most prominent politicians, fueling questions about the extent of the group’s presence and activities. The criminal group took advantage of the large-scale migration ...
Tusi: The Pink Drug Cocktail That Tricked Latin America - InSight …
Jul 6, 2022 · A string of seizures across Latin America have revealed how “tusi,” a pink synthetic drug powder, is expanding into new countries and increasing its share of the region’s flourishing synthetic drug markets. In June, tusi consumption was reportedly booming in the nightclubs of Barquisimeto, a city in western Venezuela, while tusi refining ...
Criminal Violence Paralyzes Mexico’s Southern State of Guerrero
Feb 13, 2024 · Criminal Violence Paralyzes Mexico’s Southern State of Guerrero. by Sara Garcia and Daniela Valle 13 Feb 2024. Ongoing battles between several crime groups over lucrative criminal economies like extortion have sparked a new wave of violence in Mexico’s southern state of Guerrero, highlighting the multitude of factors driving insecurity in ...
Is Trinidad and Tobago Headed for Its Deadliest Year Yet - InSight …
Sep 12, 2024 · Violence exploded in 2022, resulting in a record 605 homicides, and despite a slight drop in 2023, it was the still second-deadliest year on record. Now, 2024 threatens to be even worse as fighting between Rasta City and Sixx intensifies. Featured image: Trinidad and Tobago police detain suspected gang members. Credit: Abraham Diaz.
Mexico’s Narcocorridos: A Case of Misunderstanding? - InSight …
Apr 24, 2019 · This, according to Cabañas, gets at the heart of the misunderstandings surrounding narcocorridos. “It’s a cultural product [narcocorridos] that’s stigmatized because people don’t understand it,” Cabañas said. “It’s easier to say that, well, all these people have this culture that is violent. But they don’t understand the ...
Human Trafficking on the US-Mexico Border: Family Clans, …
Aug 30, 2023 · 1. There are four major criminal corridors along the US-Mexico border, each of which has a slightly different dynamic of human trafficking. Most of these operations are run by small, clan-based criminal groups who buy off and/or collaborate with corrupt local officials. In each, the extent to which Mexico’s major organized crime groups are ...
rapid transnational expansion has raised alarm across South America.For. Tren de Aragua, taking control of La Parada was just the first step. In the five years since it first appeared here, the gang has built a far-reaching regional network, establishing a permanent presence in …
Why Is Venezuela’s Crime Rate Falling? - InSight Crime
May 28, 2024 · Economic decline in the labor and commercial sectors has left businesses and citizens unable to pay criminal groups, reducing opportunities for extortion and ransom kidnappings. “Crime is falling in Venezuela because of the destruction of the country’s economy…because of the loss of opportunities for crime,” OVV director, Roberto ...