Perrones Cartel
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Shadow of Perrones Looms over El Salvador Mayor’s Arrest
The arrest in El Salvador of a mayor suspected of drug trafficking has raised new questions about politicians' complicity with organized crime groups in the Central...
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Ex-DEA Agent: US Tolerant of Central American Drug Corruption
Former DEA agent in El Salvador Danny Dalton doesn't mince words: Central America's drug trafficking organizations would not be so well developed without the help...
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El Salvador to Seize Assets of Perrones Criminal Network
A couple convicted of money laundering are set to be the first members of Salvadoran drug trafficking group the Perrones to have their assets seized, as authorities...
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Police Op Sheds Light on Ongoing Activities of El Salvador’s Perrones
Police in El Salvador have dismantled a criminal network run by a member of the Perrones with Barrio 18 gang ties, providing insight into the continued activities...
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The Corrupt Legacy of El Salvador Trafficker ‘Chepe Luna’
Drug trafficker-turned-transport tycoon "Chepe Luna," shot dead in Honduras last month, will be survived by his web of corruption, with an extensive network of...
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Was the Assassination of El Salvador’s ‘Chepe Luna’ a Criminal Hit or Just Business?
The alleged leader of El Salvador's Los Perrones drug running group "Chepe Luna" has been assassinated in Honduras, raising questions about whether he was killed...
The Fixer and El Salvador’s Missed Opportunity
In the photograph, they are both smiling. In the foreground, on the left hand side, a man in a short-sleeved buttoned white shirt, jeans and a metal watch, holds a...
How an El Salvador Drug Trafficker Smuggled Cocaine Into the US
The woman phoned the office of the antinarcotics division (DAN) in Bolivar, in El Salvador's La Union province, on August 13, 2008, at 1:30 PM. Investigators later...
Operation Chameleon in El Salvador: Anatomy of a Failure
The experience with Jose Natividad "Chepe" Luna -- the drug trafficker who had eluded a giant dragnet in 2004 -- had demonstrated that the leaks from the National...
‘Chepe Luna,’ the Police and the Art of Escape
The United States -- which through its antinarcotics, judicial and police attaches was very familiar with the routes used for smuggling, and especially those used...
The Infiltrators: Corruption in El Salvador’s Police
Ricardo Mauricio Menesses Orellana liked horses, and the Pasaquina rodeo was a great opportunity to enjoy a party. He was joined at the event -- which was...
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El Salvador Justice System Gets Second Shot at Perrones Leader
El Salvador's attorney general has formally accused a leader of the country's notorious Perrones drug trafficking organization of laundering over $3 million,...