InSight Crime - Investigation and Analysis of Organized Crime
WEB3 days ago · We go into the field to interview, report, and investigate. We then verify, write, and edit, providing the tools to generate real impact. Our work is costly and high risk. Please support our mission investigating organized crime. InSight Crime is a media organization and think tank dedicated to the study of organized crime in the Americas.
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 ...
Tren de Aragua - InSight Crime
WEBJul 12, 2024 · Tren de Aragua is Venezuela’s most powerful homegrown criminal actor and the only Venezuelan gang that has successfully projected its power abroad. It has grown from a prison gang limited to the state of Aragua, to a transnational threat with a wide criminal portfolio. This transnational expansion came …
Tusi: The Pink Drug Cocktail That Tricked Latin America - InSight …
WEBby Alessandro Ford 6 Jul 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 ...
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 ...
Mexico’s Jalisco Cartel – New Generation: From Extinction to …
WEBApr 24, 2023 · by Luis Alonso Pérez 26 Dec 2016. 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 ...
Why the Jalisco Cartel Does Not Dominate Mexico's Criminal …
WEBby Victoria Dittmar 11 Jun 2020. Headlines and US indictments have confidently proclaimed the Jalisco Cartel to be Mexico’s dominant criminal group. But while it is certainly one of the country’s principal national security threats, the reality on the ground is far more complex as the group is embroiled in a patchwork of rivalries nationwide.
Special Report: Gangs in Honduras - InSight Crime
WEBOct 24, 2023 · Special Report: Gangs in Honduras. by InSight Crime 9 Dec 2015. In a new report based on extensive field research, InSight Crime and the Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa have traced how Honduras’ two largest gangs, the MS13 and the Barrio 18, are evolving, and how their current modus operandi has resulted in …
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WEBNov 14, 2023 · The 18th Street Gang, also known as Barrio 18, is one of the largest youth gangs in the Western Hemisphere, much like its better-known rival, the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13).While the gang has cells operating from Central America to Canada, it has been greatly weakened in El Salvador following a nationwide security crackdown, launched by the Nayib Bukele government in March 2022.
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 ...