Monthly Archives: January 2014
Security forces in the Philippines say the Sinaloa Cartel has dispatched a hit squad to silence...
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Is Sinaloa Cartel Making a Play for Asia’s Lucrative Drug Market?
The final report of Peru's corruption "mega-commission" has called for ex-president Alan Garcia to...
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‘Narco-Pardons’ Report Calls for Indictment of Ex-Peru President
A key witness in the trial for a Zetas massacre in Guatemala has revealed how the Mexican cartel's...
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Witness Reveals Zetas Recruitment, Structures in Guatemala
The overall number of members of Colombia's narco-paramilitary groups known as the BACRIM has...
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Colombia’s BACRIM Weakened but Urabeños Continue to Grow
Criminal agendas could represent a critical "blind spot" in attempts to resolve armed conflicts in...
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How Criminal Agendas Took Center Stage in LatAm Peace Deals
Venezuela's government is planning to nearly double the fixed official exchange rate for the...
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Can Venezuela Currency Devaluation End Black Market Trade?
The International Criminal Court has called the Urabeños Colombia's most dangerous and...
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Urabeños Potential Actor in Colombia Armed Conflict: ICC
The children of a drug cartel leader in Mexico have reportedly become pop singers, and are openly...
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Popstar Children of Knights Templar Leader Glamorize Narco-Culture
The release of recordings and documents purporting to show how the El Salvador government paid off...
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Recordings Spark Gang Truce Controversy in El Salvador
Although the desire to recover control of regions dominated by Mexico?s Knights Templar is shared...
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Lessons for Mexico from Colombia: Vigilantes, Paramilitaries and Proxies
Eight drug traffickers with links to the Texis Cartel have been convicted after months of their...
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Texis Cartel Conviction Strikes Blow Against Impunity in El Salvador
Human Rights Watch's annual global report underscores how impunity for both criminal groups and...
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