Monthly Archives: April 2017
Paraguay's Ciudad del Este witnessed scenes reminiscent of war as several dozen heavily armed men...
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Commando-Style Heist Plunges Paraguay Border Town Into Chaos
A senator-elect from Haiti pleaded guilty in a US federal court to money laundering charges,...
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Haiti Senator-Elect Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering in US
The United States has reportedly offered to help fund Mexico's eradication of opium poppy, raising...
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US to Fund Mexico Opium Eradication to Hit Heroin Crisis at Home: Report
Experts say that Jamaican gangs are increasingly trying to enlist high school students in their...
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Jamaica Gangs Follow Regional Pattern of Recruiting From Schools
A high-level soccer official in Uruguay said recently that the country's organized fan clubs have...
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Uruguay’s ‘Barras Bravas’ Have Become Cartels: Soccer Official
A former FARC guerrilla has been murdered in Colombia's embattled southwest department of Nariño,...
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Murder of Ex-FARC Casts More Shadows on Colombia’s Peace
Criminal groups are coercing butchers at a food market in western Mexico to buy meat from them at...
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Mexico Criminal Groups Use Violence to Control Meat Industry: Report
In our April 20 Facebook Live session, Co-director Steven Dudley spoke with Senior Investigator...
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Weekly InSight: Debunking the Trump Administration’s Alternative Facts About MS13
When violence surged in early 2015 in Guatemala, then-President Otto Pérez Molina knew how to...
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Homicides in Guatemala: Introduction, Methodology, and Major Findings
In the last decade, homicides in Guatemala have obeyed a fairly steady pattern. Guatemala City and...
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Homicides in Guatemala: Analyzing the Data
When someone is murdered in Guatemala, police, forensic doctors and government prosecutors start...
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Homicides in Guatemala: Collecting the Data
Olfato. It is a term used quite often in law enforcement and judicial circles in Central America...
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