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Faced with the risks that infamous cargo train "the Beast" represents, many migrants have opted for...
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The Buses (and Bribes) of a Migrant’s Journey Through Mexico
Welcome to InSight Crime's Game Changers for 2014, where we highlight the year's most important...
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InSight Crime Game Changers 2014 – A Year of Dashed Hopes
Guatemala's private sector has hired former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to come up with a security...
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The Challenges for Giuliani’s Security Strategy in Guatemala
Fifteen years ago, a European diplomat said that Guatemala was "over-diagnosed." Everyone knew what...
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Can New York Mayor Giuliani Save Guatemala?
In the second part of this two-part series on the history of southern California gangs in El...
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The US Gang El Salvador Won’t Admit Exists
It is common when talking about gangs -- or maras -- in El Salvador to mention only the Mara...
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El Salvador’s Other Gang from California: the Sureños
A transnational criminal group nearly pulled off a historic cyber-heist of one of Colombia's...
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Hacker Network Foiled in $70 Million Bank Heist
Article 22 of Chile's drug law states that a prisoner may reduce their sentence by cooperating with...
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The Trials of Drug ‘Mules’ in Chile’s Northern Desert
Two leaders of the notorious Valle Valle family now find themselves in US custody, extradited from...
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Completing Chapter, Honduras Extradites Valle Brothers to US
The Honduras government named Julian Pacheco, an active military general, as the head of its...
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Honduras Security Shift Confirms De Facto Reality of Military Control
Following December 7 run-off elections, Peru has now elected at least six governors under...
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Meet Peru’s New ‘Narco-Governors’
A new study revealed that only one percent of homicide cases in Honduras' three major cities ever...
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