In Sight Crime
Friday, November 22, 2013 - 00:00
The report found 1,890 people were killed by police in 23 Brazilian states during 2012, an average of five per day.
Friday, November 22, 2013 - 00:00
Colombian brokers manage many of Peru's trafficking routes, while InSight Crime field investigations and the recent discovery of a large-scale export operation also point to a strong Mexican presence in the Piura region, a transshipment point in northwest
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 00:00
Tensions have been bubbling among the handful of families which control the country's emerald trade for some time and have been rising since the death of the industry's traditional power broker Victor Carranza in April.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 00:00
While the doubling of precursor chemical seizures could point to more effective policing earlier in the chain, it could also indicate growing drug production.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 00:00
Law enforcement officials say they have identified some of the primary families responsible for transport and sales of drugs within Ecuador, especially in the capital of Quito.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 00:00
Bolivia's long-awaited coca use study has found the country needs to cultivate over 14,000 hectares of the crop to satisfy legal demand, a number more than double opposition claims but just slightly over half of current production.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 00:00
Over 80 people operating in groups of eight to 12 members have been terrorizing the area around the towns of Siuna, in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and El Cua, in the northern interior.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 00:00
The group is described by prosecutors as the "Sinaloa Federation," an alliance between the elder Zambada Garcia and Guzman, which at times appears to operate relatively independently
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 00:00
The story connecting Mexico's infamous Guadalajara Cartel to the United States' top spy agency in the 1980s is not fiction, even if the assertion that the agency helped kill a US drug agent probably is.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 00:00
A total of 700 Mexico state police officers stationed in Michoacan will be fired or demoted after failing confidence tests.