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WEBVenezuela. Elections and Crime. The Venezuelan regime continues its political persecution, working in coordination with hybrid criminal groups. The nation’s opposition leader Edmundo González has sought asylum in Spain after weeks of relentless persecution. Following the controversial results of the July 28 presidential election, the ...
Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG) - InSight Crime
WEBMay 27, 2024 · The CJNG is headed by alias "El Mencho," a feared but mysterious leader. The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG) is a transnational criminal group that emerged from the Milenio Cartel following a series of killings, arrests, and internal fractures. It is known for its aggressive use of violence and its ...
Tusi: The Pink Drug Cocktail That Tricked Latin America - InSight …
WEBJul 6, 2022 · A string of seizures across Latin America have revealed how “tusi,” a pink synthetic drug powder, is expanding into new countries and increasing its share of the region’s flourishing synthetic drug markets. In June, tusi consumption was reportedly booming in the nightclubs of Barquisimeto, a city in western Venezuela, while tusi refining ...
Sinaloa Cartel - InSight Crime
WEBMar 15, 2024 · The Sinaloa Cartel, considered the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the Western Hemisphere, is a network of some of Mexico’s most important drug lords. Members work together to protect themselves. During its existence, the Sinaloa Cartel has forged connections at the highest levels of Mexico’s federal police and ...
The Three Criminal Fronts Sparking Violence in Sonora, Mexico
WEBJan 7, 2022 · Zambada’s operators are primarily located in the northern part of the state, where they profit from drug smuggling. At the end of September 2021, the US Treasury Department sanctioned several individuals close to El Mayo, accusing them of trafficking “tons of fentanyl” from the Mexico border city of Nogales.. While the factions linked to El Mayo have attempted to keep a relatively low ...
Tracking the Evolution of Kidnapping in Mexico - InSight Crime
WEBSep 13, 2011 · The numbers are startling. In 2000, Mexico recorded 591 kidnappings, a figure that by 2005 had fallen to 325. Since 2006, however, the year in which President Calderon took office and initiated his “drug war,” kidnapping in Mexico has risen by 317 percent, according to conservative government statistics. From …
Mexico’s Jalisco Cartel – New Generation: From Extinction to …
WEBApr 24, 2023 · Alleged CJNG members under arrest. In less than a decade, the Jalisco Cartel – New Generation (CJNG) has transformed into one of the most prolific and violent drug trafficking organizations in the world. From a small group of deserters from the now-extinct Milenio Cartel, they evolved into a vast criminal …
Mexico’s Zetas: From Criminal Powerhouse to Fragmented Remnants
WEBApr 6, 2018 · Mexico’s Zetas: From Criminal Powerhouse to Fragmented Remnants. by Parker Asmann 6 Apr 2018. Former Zetas leader Alejandro ‘Omar’ Treviño Morales, alias ‘Z42’ (Photo by Alfredo Estrella AFP) The Zetas were once Mexico’s most feared and violent organized crime threat. Now, the group is a fragmented shadow of its former self.
Why Jamaica’s Homicide Rate Is Up 20% - InSight Crime
WEBApr 24, 2023 · Jamaica’s homicide rate has risen steeply in 2017, in what is likely the symptom of a splintering underworld. Between January and June 10, 639 people were murdered in Jamaica, an average of four murders a day, police data revealed. This reportedly represents a 19 percent rise from last year, when the murder rate reached around 50 per 100,000, according to preliminary calculations by InSight ...
Study Shows Prison Gangs Rule Much More than Penitentiaries
WEBApr 24, 2023 · Much More than Prison Gangs. The very term “prison gangs” is inadequate. Groups like California’s Mexican Mafia, Central America’s maras, and the facções criminais (criminal factions) of Brazil may have arisen in a context of small, predatory inmate groups, but they have all expanded into large organizations operating in multiple ...
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