InSight Crime
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 00:00
The 36th Front's apparent failure to uphold the ceasefire comes little over a year after the same front accepted responsibility for breaking a similar holiday period ceasefire declared at the beginning of the peace process.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 00:00
The notebooks also seem to imply that the EPP's fighting force numbers no more than 20 members, a fact government prosecutor Federico Delfino admitted could be true, reported ABC Color.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 00:00
But if there is one lesson to be learnt from the "decapitation" policy that Colombia, backed by the United States, has employed since the hunt for Pablo Escobar, it is that someone will inevitably rise to replace the fallen criminal leader.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 00:00
The minister attributed the 2013 decrease to President Nicolas Maduro's program of sending soldiers to the streets to fight crime.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 00:00
Mexico's Attorney General's Office has newly opened investigations into allegations that President Enrique Pena Nieto accepted funds from a possible money laundering and financial fraud network during his presidential campaign.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 00:00
The truce still has measurable vital signs, despite the explicit animosity between the mediator Raul Mijango and the security minister, Ricardo Perdomo, and the fact that the government has turned its back on it.
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 00:00
Robberies are down in Uruguay, while murders remained stable, as the government passed a historic marijuana regulation bill likely to draw increased international attention to the country's criminal landscape.
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 00:00
While this case involved military personnel, it is not just the army. According to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, 90 percent of kidnappings in Caracas are linked to municipal police.
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 00:00
All indications are the Urabenos have now driven out La Empresa and control the port, which may now see a drop in violence.
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 00:00
Local assassination squads in the Atlantic regions are targeting so called "tumbadores" groups engaged in stealing drug consignments which themselves are linked to Honduran drug trafficking organizations.