October 2011 - InSight Crime

According to a new report released by the United Nations, profits from criminal activities... ReadLeer

Brief

Estimates of the number of gunmen employed by Mexico's cartels are highly inflated, argues blogger... ReadLeer

Analysis / Homicides

Guatemalan investigators have linked the July murder of Argentine singer and songwriter Facundo... ReadLeer

Brief / Guatemala

Hundreds of weapons and a large stockpile of ammunition have disappeared from a police warehouse in... ReadLeer

Brief / Arms Trafficking

Perus police say they have detained more than 200 "drug mules" at Lima's international airports... ReadLeer

Brief / Peru

The U.S. government has released its 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment, which undermines... ReadLeer

Analysis / Mexico

Officials in the relatively peaceful central Mexican state of Queretaro said the region has grown... ReadLeer

Brief / Guatemala

Brazil's community police program will deploy a new unit to the Rio de Janeiro shantytown closest... ReadLeer

Brief / Brazil

Mexicos Navy has detained six alleged members of the Zetas drug gang, including Carlos Pitalua,... ReadLeer

Brief / Mexico

The U.S. government says that Peru has, for the first time in nearly two decades, taken Colombia's... ReadLeer

Analysis / Colombia

Federal troops in north Mexico recently discovered a luxury ranch where 200 gunmen from the Zetas... ReadLeer

Analysis / Mexico

A new study by the RAND Corporation carefully avoids describing the Mexican drug conflict as an... ReadLeer

Analysis / Mexico

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Monthly Archives: October 2011