InSightCrime
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 00:00
The amount of cocaine being produced by this operation suggest that it was destined to be sold on the domestic market, rather than exported
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 00:00
Jairo Estuardo Orellana Morales, alias "El Pelon," was labelled a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 00:00
In Honduras, two high-profile killings have raised the question of whether criminal actors are waging a war against the government, in protest of the possible extradition of Honduran nationals to the US
Monday, January 16, 2012 - 00:00
Soberon’s departure was no great surprise to anyone. In September, it was reported that he had been warned to get in line with government policies, or get out
Monday, December 19, 2011 - 00:00
Jesus Manuel Fierro Mendez, a member of the Sinaloa Cartel and ex-captain in the Ciudad Juarez police, testified in El Paso that he had been the “spokesman” of Chapo Guzman in numerous telephone conversations and some face-to-face meetings with agents
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 00:00
Guedes said that drug trafficking is “managed mostly by local groups or Brazilians, Europeans, Colombians, not exactly Mexicans.” He added there was “no way of proving” the US claims
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 00:00
Claims that the Shining Path are now dealing directly with Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, if true, put the Peruvian rebel group in the same drug trafficking league as Colombia’s FARC guerrillas
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 00:00
Since two of Puerto Rico's most powerful drug traffickers, Angel Ayala Vasquez and Jose Figueroa Agosoto, were arrested in 2009 and 2010 respectively, their organizations have splintered
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 00:00
A week after the former security minister was gunned down, Honduras' chief of police said during a graduation ceremony that some officers have plotted to kill him
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 00:00
Asserting that the donation of “seven or 10” helicopters would be the equivalent of merely "pulling a hair" for either international organization, Morales publicly urged them to contribute more