Steven Dudley
Friday, September 9, 2011 - 00:00
The Zetas, Mexico's most feared and violent criminal organization, has moved operations to Guatemala. In the process, they have shifted the balance of power in the region, undermining and overwhelming Guatemala's government and putting its neighbors in El
Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 00:00
As part of a project to study political risk leading up to Guatemala's presidential and general elections on Sunday, InSight Crime developed a means to measure risk due to organized crime.
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 00:00
From Mexico to Brazil, sending the army to areas overrun by organized crime has become the default government response. However, this often does little to alter the criminal landscape in the long term, and may even make the situation worse.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 00:00
There is not anything particularly new or groundbreaking here, and the administration's position often contradicts its own stated policies in other areas.
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 00:00
With a recent series of high profile arrests, Guatemala's authorities, under the leadership of a new attorney general, are beginning to show their teeth.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 00:00
From this evidence, presented by the government, it's clear the attackers had information about the early departure of the car, which left the hotel ahead of schedule. They came with overwhelming force and chose a wide avenue.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 00:00
The Zeta member, Edgar Huerta Montiel, alias "El Wache," told authorities (see video below) that his group targeted the buses because they feared their rivals, the Gulf Cartel, were getting reinforcements from other states.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 00:00
The relative calm in the city is the subject of endless speculation. Is it the result of a deal between Sinaloa Cartel and the AFO? Or was there a winner? And if so, who?
Friday, February 4, 2011 - 00:00
It took the death of one its own agents to get the United States Government to begin an inquiry into why federal authorities often watch while guns, purchased by what are known "straw buyers," are trafficked to the border.
Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 00:00
A problematic U.S. deportation case involving a Mexican drug cartel informant reveals a legal quandary of `who knew what when.'