InSight Crime
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.
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 00:00
The continued strength of El Chapo's group represents one of the most important examples of continuity from Calderon to Pena Nieto. It is also one of the most worrying
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 00:00
Some of these shifts are more cosmetic than real, and the overall policy of using the military and federal police to quell hotspots continues unabated.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 00:00
Venezuela, Paraguay and Honduras remained the three worst-ranking mainland Latin American countries.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 00:00
In 1995, the last year the system was operating at or beneath capacity, there were 90,000 prisoners nationwide; currently, the authors write, there are 240,000, which is 124 percent over intended capacity.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 00:00
Comparing the DEA report with another recent study examining long term trends in the drug market, carried out by the British Medical Journal, it is clear there the apparent successes in reducing US cocaine imports in this year's report should be approache
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - 00:00
Three years ago, Buritica was a sleepy farming village tucked away in the mountains of Antioquia in northwest Colombia. Now, it is a gold rush frontier town.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 00:00
Through the past seven years of gangland hyper-violence, the Mexican Church's senior leaders largely have limited their input to condemnations of the bloodletting that they blame on a prevailing "culture of death" in the country.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 00:00
Since the fall of the Zetas in Guatemala, the province has been the site of infighting between different groups vying for control of the valuable Pacific territory and trafficking routes.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 00:00
The two sides agreed to end the war and instead cooperate, capitalizing on their distinct strengths -- the Urabenos' international drug trafficking routes and the Oficina's control over Medellin criminal networks.