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WEB1 day ago · Following the July 28 presidential elections, the Venezuelan government has carried out a massive wave of arrests. This has been accompanied by extortion, with capitalizing security officials promising not to arrest people or to release them from detention centers in exchange for money. Read full article. 24 Sep 2024. Prisons.
Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG) - InSight Crime
WEBMay 27, 2024 · The CJNG is headed by alias "El Mencho," a feared but mysterious leader. The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG) is a transnational criminal group that emerged from the Milenio Cartel following a series of killings, arrests, and internal fractures. It is known for its aggressive use of violence and its ...
Mexico’s Jalisco Cartel – New Generation: From Extinction to …
WEBApr 24, 2023 · by Luis Alonso Pérez 26 Dec 2016. Alleged CJNG members under arrest. In less than a decade, the Jalisco Cartel – New Generation (CJNG) has transformed into one of the most prolific and violent drug trafficking organizations in the world. From a small group of deserters from the now-extinct Milenio Cartel, they evolved into a vast criminal ...
Tusi: The Pink Drug Cocktail That Tricked Latin America - InSight …
WEBby Alessandro Ford 6 Jul 2022. A string of seizures across Latin America have revealed how “tusi,” a pink synthetic drug powder, is expanding into new countries and increasing its share of the region’s flourishing synthetic drug markets. In June, tusi consumption was reportedly booming in the nightclubs of Barquisimeto, a city in western ...
Sinaloa Cartel - InSight Crime
WEBMar 15, 2024 · The Sinaloa Cartel, considered the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the Western Hemisphere, is a network of some of Mexico’s most important drug lords. Members work together to protect themselves. During its existence, the Sinaloa Cartel has forged connections at the highest levels of Mexico’s federal police and ...
Tren de Aragua - InSight Crime
WEBJul 12, 2024 · Tren de Aragua is Venezuela’s most powerful homegrown criminal actor and the only Venezuelan gang that has successfully projected its power abroad. It has grown from a prison gang limited to the state of Aragua, to a transnational threat with a wide criminal portfolio. This transnational expansion came …
News Analysis - InSight Crime
WEBSep 2, 2024 · Featured News Analysis Q&As Interviews with experts on the latest organized crime trends in Latin America Special Series In our special series, InSight Crime looks at trends in organized crime […]
25 replies on “Juárez Cartel” - InSight Crime
WEBJul 10, 2020 · Based in the city of Juárez in the state of Chihuahua, northern Mexico, the Juárez Cartel is also known as the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Organization (VCFO), after its leader. The origins of the Juárez Cartel go back to the 1980s, when the Ciudad Juarez area was under Rafael Aguilar Guajardo’s control. Aguilar Guajardo worked closely with ...
Special Report: Gangs in Honduras - InSight Crime
WEBOct 24, 2023 · Special Report: Gangs in Honduras. by InSight Crime 9 Dec 2015. In a new report based on extensive field research, InSight Crime and the Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa have traced how Honduras’ two largest gangs, the MS13 and the Barrio 18, are evolving, and how their current modus operandi has resulted in …
28 replies on “Barrio 18” - InSight Crime
WEBNov 14, 2023 · The 18th Street Gang, also known as Barrio 18, is one of the largest youth gangs in the Western Hemisphere, much like its better-known rival, the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13).While the gang has cells operating from Central America to Canada, it has been greatly weakened in El Salvador following a nationwide security crackdown, launched by the Nayib Bukele government in March 2022.