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Decades of Deforestation, Illegal Mining and Impunity in Nicaragua
Nicaragua's Indio Maíz Biological Reserve, on the southern border with Costa...
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Tarzanes
This Nicaraguan drug trafficking group is linked to the Reyes Aragon family,...
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Francisco Zeledon
Francisco, or Frank, Zeledon, allegedly runs a drug trafficking network from...
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Decades of Deforestation, Illegal Mining and Impunity in Nicaragua
Nicaragua's Indio Maíz Biological Reserve, on the southern border with Costa Rica, is under...
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Human Smuggling Thrives Between Costa Rica and Nicaragua
Recent interceptions linked to the illicit smuggling of migrants at Nicaragua’s border with Costa Rica have illustrated the extent to which clandestine groups and...
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GameChangers 2020: The Resurgence of the Central American Cocaine Highway
A rush of drug plane traffic from South America, coupled with traffickers smuggling large cocaine shipments after coronavirus border restrictions eased, led to a...
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GameChangers 2020: Conflicting US Approach to Latin America Organized Crime
President-elect Joe Biden has a chance to reset the table on US-Latin American relations, but the Donald Trump administration’s schizophrenic, transactional...
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Nicaragua Not Spared As Cocaine Flows Through Central America
A string of drug trafficking busts connected to Nicaragua have occurred over the past few weeks, raising questions over just how much cocaine is flowing through the...
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Nicaragua Police Seizing Record Drug Money While Cocaine Seizures Fall
Nicaragua’s National Police is seizing large amounts of drug money while confiscating less cocaine compared to years past, calling into question how the...
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US Indictments Highlight Venezuela-Central America Drug Connections
Recent US indictments have shown in detail how Venezuela was at one point a key stepping stone for cocaine heading to the United States via Central America and how...
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Human Smugglers Could Benefit From Costa Rica-Nicaragua Silence
Costa Rica has enhanced border security during the coronavirus pandemic to crack down on human smuggling from Nicaragua, but its measures are undermined by a lack...
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Capital Murder: 2019 Homicide Rates in Latin America’s Capital Cities
In a year marked by political and criminal turmoil, Latin American capitals did not escape the effects of the violence, organized crime and state repression...