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Who Will Take Over the ERPAC without ‘Cuchillo’?
With the death of Pedro Guerrero Castillo, alias "Cuchillo," and the arrest of his number two, Harold Humberto Rojas, alias "Loco Harold," the Popular Revolutionary...
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Colombian Police: ‘Cuchillo’ is Dead
Colombia's Police say they have killed one of Colombias top drug traffickers, Pedro Guerrero Castillo, alias "Cuchillo," or "Knife," in a shootout in the eastern...
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Message from Zetas to Guatemala’s President
The following is a message allegedly from the Zetas criminal organization, played by the local radio station La Buena in Coban, the capital of the beseiged province...
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WikiLeaks: A Gulf Cartel Attack; a Zetas’ Retreat
One of the most closely watched battles of 2010 was between the Zetas criminal syndicate and their former masters, the Gulf Cartel. The Zetas and the Gulf Cartel...
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Another Prison Scandal in Colombia as Woman Found in Capo’s Cell
Colombia's prison authorities faced more questions after a woman was found in the jail cell of an ex-paramilitary leader in the high security wing of a Bogota...
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FARC E-mails About Kidnapping
This week, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos released several emails from a slain guerrilla commander that mention the intentions of the Revolutionary Armed...
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FARC Planned Kidnappings Throughout Latin America
Emails mined from a computer of a slain leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) show the guerrillas intended to kidnap businessmen in various...
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WikiLeaks: Mexican Groups Now Control European Drug Routes
A U.S. government cable from Madrid, Spain, released by the whistle-blower site WikiLeaks and republished by InSight, says the Mexican criminal organizations now...
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Mexico Investigates Disappearance of Migrants
Mexican authorities are investigating the disappearance of 50 migrants after initially denying that any kidnappings had taken place. A dozen migrants escaped a hold...
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Computer Shows FARC Links to Sinaloa Cartel
Colombian authorities have released information on a computer seized from the commander of the FARCs Southern Bloc, Jose Benito Cabrera, alias "Fabian Ramirez,"...
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WikiLeaks: Jamaica Mayor Says ‘Vacuum’ Would Follow Extradition
In a meeting with U.S. Embassy Officials just months before the extradition of the local drug lord Christopher Coke, alias "Dudus," Kingston Mayor Desmond Anthony...
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Kidnappers: ‘Diego Cevallos is an Operator of the Neoliberal Oligarchy’
InSight Crime brings you part of statement issued Sunday by the Network for Global Transformation, a clandestine group that claimed responsibility for the...