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14 years of research and analysis on organized crime and corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 29d
🇺🇸 The US is bringing “War-on-Terror” tactics to the fight against organized crime. The recent designations of crime groups as terrorist organizations could signal further escalation. Learn more in our exclusive, donors-only event: https://bit.ly/4mZ6LQw
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🇹🇹 | In Trinidad and Tobago, the Rasta City and The Muslims gangs have consolidated their power in communities through public contracts awarded through local development programs. Find out more at: https://bit.ly/4q6sAA1
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🇪🇨 | The Ecuadorian coastal provinces of Guayas, Santa Elena, and Los Ríos recorded massacres over the weekend in a surge of violence. While massacres have been concentrated in the coast in recent years, they are increasingly being recorded elsewhere as well: https://bit.ly/494VCdd
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🇬🇹 | Following the escape of 20 members of the Barrio 18 gang from prison over the weekend, Guatemala passed new anti-gang legislation, raising prison sentences for gang-related activities like extortion. For more on organized crime in Guatemala, visit here: https://bit.ly/47oj3wO
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 12h
🇨🇴 | Larry Changa, a top Tren de Aragua gang leader, sent a letter to Colombian President Gustavo Petro requesting talks between the government and the gang. Colombia, however, denied the request. For more on Colombia’s peace process, read our coverage here: https://bit.ly/4qhk55m
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 13h
📆 Join us for a donors' panel discussion to learn more about how organized crime is fueling climate change in Latin America - and about the institutional failures that are letting it. Reserve your place now. bit.ly/3KAYGUk
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 14h
🇺🇸 ICE has carried out special immigration enforcement operations ostensibly targeting gangs all across the United States. But while thousands of migrants have been detained, gang networks have been left virtually untouched. Find out more in our new investigation: https://bit.ly/4omo52H
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 16h
🇺🇸 As clashes between #ICE agents and locals escalate in #Chicago, the claim that immigration raids are principally targeting gangs and serious criminals is looking less credible than ever. But were they ever? Find out in our new series on gangs and migration: https://bit.ly/46SZYmh
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 17h
🇨🇴 | Gustavo Petro confirmed the start of talks with the Clan del Golfo in Qatar and invited the ELN to resume negotiations after they were suspended in January due to conflict with FARC dissidents in Catatumbo. Read our coverage of Total Peace at: http://bit.ly/3J6hL0f
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 19h
🇬🇹 | Guatemalan authorities reported the disappearance of 20 incarcerated members of the Barrio 18 gang, creating a crisis for President Bernardo Arévalo. Elected as an anti-corruption crusader, Arévalo has thus far struggled to combat graft. More here: https://bit.ly/4onQJk4
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 20h
🇺🇸 InSight Crime takes on one of the most hotly debated issues of the day - immigration and organized crime in the US. Our latest investigation dives deep into MS13, Tren de Aragua and ICE raids in the state of Tennessee. Check it out now: https://bit.ly/46SZYmh
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 21h
🌍 | Spanish and Turkish police seized 1.7 tons of cocaine, sent from South America to Spain, via the port of Ambarlı in Istanbul. Turkey is a growing hub for cocaine shipments, as our previous analysis explains. https://bit.ly/3zislMG
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 22h
#NewInvestigation | Trump Has Merged the War on Gangs and Immigration. Tennessee Shows How
Trump Has Merged the War on Gangs and Immigration. Tennessee Shows How
InSight Crime reports from the state of Tennessee, where national conflicts and criminal dynamics are playing out on a local stage.
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 1d
🇨🇴 🇻🇪 | Alias “Larry Changa,” was a key figure in Tren de Aragua’s international expansion, allegedly directing its operations in Chile. Now behind bars in Colombia, Larry Changa is calling for peace talks with Colombian authorities. More on Tren de Aragua here: https://bit.ly/3L8cupn
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 1d
🇲🇽 🇺🇸 | In border cities dominated by organized crime, such as Ciudad Juárez, criminal networks that once relied on smuggling migrants have now turned to kidnapping the migrants that remain, as well as local residents, to generate income. http://bit.ly/4ofOm2t
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 1d
📆InSight Crime’s investigators will be discussing environmental crime and climate change with two of the region’s top experts: Julia Urrunaga from the Environmental Investigation Agency in Peru, and Melina Risso from Brazil’s Igarapé Institute. Donate now to attend: bit.ly/3KAYGUk
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 1d
🇪🇨 | Two massacres in Ecuador left at least 14 people dead and 17 more injured on Monday. Intense violence has become a central feature of Ecuador’s security crisis as gang conflicts spiral out of control. Read more about massacres here: https://bit.ly/494VCdd
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 1d
👉After three years of investigation, evidence collected by InSight Crime shows that Tren de Aragua is in decline. Will it be irreversible? Learn the factors that could determine the gang’s future. 
The Future of Tren de Aragua
The Tren de Aragua brand is far stronger than the organization behind it, but what is the future of the gang and Venezuelan organized crime?
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 1d
🎙️ Segovia has been one of the most violent towns in Colombia for generations. Driving that violence is the lust for gold of armed groups, mafias, corrupt elites, and multinational corporations. Hear more in our podcast, La sombra de El Dorado.  https://bit.ly/4pObbMh
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 2d
🇹🇹 | In mid-August, authorities in Trinidad and Tobago discovered a collective bounty of $420,000 for the assassination of several ministers involved in cleaning up public procurement in the country. Find out more at: https://bit.ly/4q6sAA1
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 2d
What does the future hold for Tren de Aragua in Latin America, and for Venezuelan transnational organized crime? Co-director Jeremy McDermott analyzes possible scenarios in the final chapter of our investigation: https://bit.ly/4nOXBXP
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 2d
🇨🇴 🇻🇪 | Larry Amaury Álvarez Núñez, alias “Larry Changa,” called for peace talks between the Venezuelan prison gang he helps lead, Tren de Aragua, and the Colombian government. Read our profile on Larry Changa here: https://bit.ly/4n77QFI
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 2d
🌳 Environmental crime is one of the biggest drivers of deforestation and is fuelling climate change in Latin America. Join our exclusive event for expert analysis on why organized crime should be on COP30’s agenda: https://bit.ly/3KAYGUk
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 2d
🇲🇽 🇺🇸 | While the business of smuggling migrants over the US-Mexico border may be transforming, there are still large numbers of migrants stuck in Mexico who remain vulnerable to criminal groups. http://bit.ly/4ofOm2t
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 2d
🇹🇹 | The government of Trinidad and Tobago is restructuring several local development programs amid allegations of corruption and gang infiltration. Read our analysis at: https://bit.ly/4q6sAA1
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 2d
🇭🇳 | Honduran security forces destroyed 25,000 coca bushes near the municipality of Bonito Oriental. The area has been favored by drug cultivators since the crop first appeared in the country. Our analysis mapped coca's growing geographical spread: https://bit.ly/4ks0iwS
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