InSight Crime
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 00:00
The United States government has been against this truce from the beginning. In this context, the Treasury Department's decision could be viewed as a de facto message to the Salvadoran government to proceed with caution
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 00:00
A feature by Costa Rican newspaper La Nacion explores how marijuana has become the principal crop of indigenous people living in the mountainous central region of Limon province.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 00:00
It is hard to envisage how security programs -- particularly those seeking to prevent crime and deter young people from joining gangs -- can truly be effective if they do not work alongside the truce
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 00:00
A group of armed men murdered eight police and abducted one more in a key drug trafficking region in western Guatemala, in what is rumored to have been a revenge attack
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 00:00
Extortion of small businesses in El Salvador is getting worse despite the country's gang truce, according to business groups
Friday, June 14, 2013 - 00:00
Ecuador's Foreign Minister claimed there are no members of Colombia's guerrilla group FARC operating in its territory, an assertion that stands in stark contrast to a raft of evidence
Friday, June 14, 2013 - 00:00
The local coca growers union said they would continue the blockade to prevent eradication and planned to launch protests against the government policy
Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 00:00
Prior to its approval, the decree was subject to a fierce debate among legislators. Sergio Castellanos, a representative from the Democratic Unification party, argued that Honduras needed 1,000 more police more than the Army needed troops
Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 00:00
The remarks echo past reports that the more powerful foreign cartels, most notably the Zetas and the Sinaloa Cartel, often "contract" local groups for their operations within Guatemala
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 00:00
The bitter vendetta that split Colombia's Norte Del Valle Cartel has now claimed its third generation of victims, and continues to play out as the Rastrojos battle the Urabenos