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The Salvadoran government is assuring that there exists a profound division within the Mara...
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‘Shyboy,’ the Mysterious Spokesman of El Salvador’s MS503
Cowboy hats and flasks adorned with imitation jaguar and snakeskin prints dot the market of the...
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Inside Paraguay’s Illegal Cannabis Plantations
Between 2012 and 2017, less than 11 percent of Peru’s $650 million anti-narcotic expenditure was...
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How Peru Spent Its Anti-Drug Budget Over the Past Five Years
In a neighborhood outside of El Salvador's capital San Salvador, Barrio 18 gang members are forcing...
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The ‘Nannies’ of El Salvador’s Barrio 18
The expression “evangelical drug trafficker” may sound incongruous, but in Rio de Janeiro,...
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In Brazil, Religious Gang Leaders Say They’re Waging a Holy War
As 2017 comes to a close, InSight Crime takes a look back at some of our favorite interactions with...
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InSight Crime’s Favorite Fan Mail of 2017
The recent arrest of one of the top criminal figures in Medellín, Colombia, is unlikely to have a...
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Colombia Arrests Top Figure in Medellín Underworld, but Impact Likely Limited
The sentence handed down in a US court to nephews of Venezuela’s first lady is anything but...
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Is ‘Narco Nephews’ Sentencing a Political Message to Venezuela?
The government of Colombia has issued seemingly contradictory statements regarding the amount of...
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Colombia Sends Mixed Messages on 2018 Coca Eradication Goal
A new study of the Zetas’ operations in northern Mexico offers a detailed examination of the...
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New Study Offers Insight Into Zeta Tyranny
An improvised response from Mexico’s leading presidential candidate has renewed a complex debate...
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Could an Amnesty in Mexico Reduce Violence?
Colombia’s wounded Urabeños group has announced a unilateral ceasefire in its latest bid to...
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