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Monthly Archives: July 2017

Ecuador’s geographic location and other environmental characteristics have long provided... ReadLeer
Ecuador / Ecuador

Ecuador Profile

El Salvador's Legislative Assembly
In a full legislative plenary session, El Salvador's political parties demonstrated their ability... ReadLeer
Analysis / El Salvador

El Salvador Reworks Asset Forfeiture Law in Favor of Corruption Defendants

Mexico nightclub attacks killed 173 between 2015 and 2017
Attacks on Mexico's nightclubs are on the rise, suggesting criminal groups are becoming... ReadLeer
Brief / Homicides

Increasing Mexico Nightclub Attacks Show Crime Groups’ Brazenness

Riot police in Buenos Aires, Argentina
As discussions about police reform abound throughout the Americas, Yanilda González, an assistant... ReadLeer
Analysis / Argentina

Why Police Reforms Rarely Succeed: Lessons From Latin America

Brazil's PCC may have up to 1,500 members in Bolivia
Authorities in Bolivia and Brazil will enter into a bilateral agreement later this month aimed at... ReadLeer
Brief / Bolivia

Too Little Too Late? Bolivia, Brazil to Boost Efforts Against Criminal Migration

Helicopters deployed for an antinarcotic operation in the VRAEM
A large cocaine seizure in a dismantled clandestine lab and repeated ambushes against security... ReadLeer
Brief / Peru

Peru Anti-Crime Operations Show Drug Trade’s Resilience in VRAEM

Some demobilizing FARC members may not be able to access banking services
The government of Colombia has begun bringing demobilizing FARC guerrillas into the formal banking... ReadLeer
Brief / Colombia

Colombia Begins Giving Demobilized FARC Access to Banking System

Marco de la O as drug lord Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera in the Netflix series "El Chapo"
InSight Crime Senior Investigator Deborah Bonello reflects on the new television series "El Chapo"... ReadLeer
Analysis / El Chapo

Fiction Merges With Facts in Netflix’s ‘El Chapo’

Mexico Marines at the scene in Tláhuac
A clash between Mexico's Marines and a criminal group in Mexico City has left eight dead, again... ReadLeer
Brief / Mexico

Officials Resist Blaming ‘Cartels’ for Deadly Mexico City Clashes

Thousands of FARC remain in prison
The Colombian government has issued a new decree to facilitate the release of incarcerated FARC... ReadLeer
Brief / Colombia

Colombia Amnesty Decree Eases Fears Over FARC Prisoners

Brazil's prosecutor general Rodrigo Janot at the Atlantic Council on July 19, 2017.
Brazil's chief prosecutor highlighted the importance of international cooperation in ongoing probes... ReadLeer
Brief / Brazil

Brazil Chief Prosecutor Applauds Multilateral Anti-Corruption Cooperation

Marijuana sold in Uruguayan pharmacies
In our July 20 Facebook Live session, Senior Editor Mike LaSusa and Geoff Ramsey, a research and... ReadLeer
Analysis / Drug Policy

Weekly InSight: Uruguay’s Historic Marijuana Legalization Experiment

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