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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 · 6h
🇭🇹 | The Kokorat San Ras gang killed at least 11 people in Haiti’s Artibonite department in retaliation for an operation by the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force. How is UN military intervention playing out amid Haiti's hundreds of criminal groups? bit.ly/3CMLacG
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 6h
Peruvian security forces clashed with members of the Border Command in a border area with Colombia. This FARC dissident group maintains extensive control over drug trafficking and illegal mining corridors in the region. Learn more: bit.ly/3ZEGwTI
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 8h
After more than a year on the run, the wife and daughter of alias “Fito,” leader of Los Choneros, were arrested in Colombia. Their case has once more shone a spotlight on the presence of Ecuadorian criminals seeking refuge in Colombia. Read more: bit.ly/3GXIH0W
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 9h
🇨🇱 🇧🇷 | Thirteen of 20 people arrested as part of an investigation into Chile’s first PCC cell were already in prison. How has the Brazilian transnational group made prisons its operations centers? bit.ly/406QtNw
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 10h
🇵🇪 | The arrest of Jhonsson Smit Cruz Torres saw a reshuffle of the Pulpos’ command structure. Will the gang’s expansion continue under its new leadership? bit.ly/4qSntnh
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 11h
🇻🇨 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines saw its homicide rate fall 25.5% in 2025, but 37 intentional killings so far this year, including a recent massacre, are raising concerns about gang retaliation. More on the country's homicide history: bit.ly/46Rd02P
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 16h
🇸🇻 | How did El Salvador come to have the world’s highest incarceration rate? Mass arrests, megaprisons, and collective trials are among the key elements of Bukele’s crackdown on gangs. Read here to find out the consequences: bit.ly/4iTK95c
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 17h
🇧🇴 | Bolivia reached a record 36,400 hectares of coca cultivation, 65.5% more than legally permitted. The UN estimates that potential cocaine production may have reached 275 metric tons. Read more: bit.ly/4xSa7Kd
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 29/09/2026
The wife and daughter of alias “Fito,” leader of Los Choneros, were arrested in Santander, Colombia. Both are wanted by Ecuadorian authorities for their alleged involvement in money laundering. Learn more about Fito here: bit.ly/3SA7AW9
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 29/09/2026
🇻🇨 | Four people were killed and four wounded in a shooting near Kingstown. The attack is the latest in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' struggle with gang violence and firearms. Learn more about homicide numbers in the country: bit.ly/46Rd02P
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 29/09/2026
🇵🇪 | Peruvian police have identified new leaders of the Pulpos following the arrest of Jhonsson Smit Cruz Torres. How has the group evolved since its formation in Trujillo, Peru? Learn here: bit.ly/4qSntnh
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 28/09/2026
🇸🇻 | Bukele’s crackdown weakened MS-13 and Barrio 18 and transformed security in El Salvador. But it also left an overwhelmed prison system and allegations of abuses. How did the country change, and at what cost? Read our analysis: bit.ly/4iTK95c
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 28/09/2026
Five countries. Five human stories shaped by organized crime in Latin America. Season 2 of The InSight Crime Podcast is now available. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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We have spent the last 15 years investigating organized crime in the Americas from the ground up. Now, on our audio channel, you can hear the best of our inv...
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 28/09/2026
🇧🇴 | The area where coca is being cultivated in Bolivia reached record levels for the third consecutive year, driven by growing global demand for cocaine rather than by the country’s legal coca leaf markets. Learn more: bit.ly/4xSa7Kd
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 28/09/2026
The Cartel of the Suns is often described as a traditional drug cartel. Our investigations show something more complex: a corruption network connecting state officials, armed groups, drug trafficking, and illegal gold mining. Watch our video to learn how it works: bit.ly/4cRV77i
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 28/09/2026
Five countries. Five human stories shaped by organized crime in Latin America. Season 2 of The InSight Crime Podcast is now available. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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We have spent the last 15 years investigating organized crime in the Americas from the ground up. Now, on our audio channel, you can hear the best of our inv...
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 28/09/2026
Why does fentanyl look so different from one Mexican border city to another? The answer lies in the illicit supply chain and in how criminal groups control local markets. Watch our latest video to see how that control shapes the fentanyl trade: bit.ly/3V911er
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 27/09/2026
💡What happens to Venezuela’s criminal landscape after Nicolás Maduro? In our live edition of The InSight Take, part of Behind Closed Doors With InSight Crime, we’ll explore what has changed, what has survived, and what comes next. Learn more here: bit.ly/4ibqhdy
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 27/09/2026
This week's On the Radar looks at the Shield of the Americas' plan to target 24 criminal groups, allegations that the PCC controls companies in São Paulo's bus system, and the death of a key ACSN leader in Colombia. bit.ly/4iNyZ22
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 27/09/2026
Why does fentanyl look so different from one Mexican border city to another? The answer lies in the illicit supply chain and in how criminal groups control local markets. Watch our latest video to see how that control shapes the fentanyl trade: bit.ly/3V911er
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 27/09/2026
👉Join InSight Crime experts Sept. 29–Oct. 2 for three events on fentanyl, Venezuela after Maduro, and data-driven investigations. The Week Pass includes all three events, live Q&As, and a PDF on synthetic drugs.  bit.ly/4ibqhdy
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 27/09/2026
🇪🇨Ecuadorian police made more than 30 arrests in an operation they linked to Mexican group the CJNG. Which other foreign criminal actors have links to Ecuador? bit.ly/3Ve8l6F
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 26/09/2026
Colombian authorities arrested Yolima Murgas, partner of alias “Pinocho,” leader of the Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN), in a new blow to the group’s leadership. Read more.
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Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN)
The Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada, also known as Los Pachenca, is an armed group on Colombia's Caribbean coast.
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 26/09/2026
🎙️For Andrés and Juliana, Durán was home. Then masked gunmen fired five bullets into their house. What followed was a negotiation with one of Ecuador's most feared criminal groups that changed their lives forever. 🎧 Listen to their story in Episode 1 bit.ly/4wYeP9c
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 26/09/2026
Brazilian prosecutors say the PCC controls at least 12 companies operating São Paulo's public bus system. Investigators allege the network has been used to launder money. Here's what we know in this week's On the Radar. bit.ly/4iNyZ22
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 26/09/2026
👉Fifteen governments have committed to targeting anyone who supports 24 criminal groups across the Americas, including Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel and the PCC. But what will these measures actually mean? This week's On the Radar takes a look. bit.ly/4iNyZ22
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 26/09/2026
🇪🇨Ecuadorian authorities arrested 32 people they linked to the Jalisco Cartel New Generation during a joint operation with the United States. What role do foreign groups play in Ecuador’s criminal landscape? bit.ly/3Ve8l6F
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 26/09/2026
🇪🇨 🇺🇸 | The capture in Spain of alias “Willy,” a leader of the Tiguerones, dealt a major blow to the group’s chain of command and accelerated its fragmentation. Meanwhile, the US designated the group as a terrorist organization. Learn more about the Tiguerones here: bit.ly/4xCrdeN
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 25/09/2026
#NewAnalysis |  Record Coca Crops in Bolivia Feed a Growing Global Cocaine Demand 
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Record Coca Crops in Bolivia Feed a Growing Global Cocaine Demand
Bolivia’s coca cultivation hit a record high in 2025, widening the gap with legal demand and fueling concerns over rising cocaine production.
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 25/09/2026
🇨🇴Colombian authorities are reinforcing border corridors with Venezuela amid indications that alias “Pinocho,” leader of the Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN), may cross into the neighboring country. Read more: bit.ly/4qWa0LE
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 25/09/2026
Five countries. Five human stories shaped by organized crime in Latin America. Season 2 of The InSight Crime Podcast is now available. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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We have spent the last 15 years investigating organized crime in the Americas from the ground up. Now, on our audio channel, you can hear the best of our inv...
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 25/09/2026
🇲🇽 | The arrest of Edgar Valeriano, alias “Kamoni,” marks a blow to Mexico’s Tepalcatepec Cartel. The group’s war with the Jalisco Cartel New Generation has been a major driver of regional violence. bit.ly/3TAMQOz
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 25/09/2026
Honduras has embraced maximum-security prisons like El Salvador's CECOT as part of its crackdown on gangs and narcotrafficking, as have many other countries around the region. Learn more: bit.ly/3T2JIev
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 25/09/2026
🇦🇷 | A triple femicide shocked Buenos Aires, Argentina, a year ago, with the province rarely seeing such violence. Now prosecutors are trying to bring the drug traffickers they believe responsible to justice. Learn more in our analysis: bit.ly/4nCLJrI
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 25/09/2026
Weight loss drugs have become the sixth most-seized type of contraband in Brazil. Smugglers are moving medications produced in Paraguay along established routes used to traffic other illicit goods into the country. Learn more at bit.ly/46K3puJ
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 25/09/2026
Shield of the Americas Blacklists 24 Criminal Groups | On the Radar
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Shield of the Americas Blacklists 24 Criminal Groups | On the Radar
Fifteen governments pledged to freeze assets and deny visas to anyone aiding Tren de Aragua, Sinaloa Cartel and 22 other groups.
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 25/09/2026
Five countries. Five human stories shaped by organized crime in Latin America. Season 2 of The InSight Crime Podcast is now available. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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InSight Crime podcast
We have spent the last 15 years investigating organized crime in the Americas from the ground up. Now, on our audio channel, you can hear the best of our inv...
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 25/09/2026
🇬🇹 | When InSight Crime visited an ancient city located deep inside Guatemala’s Sierra Lacandón National Park, a patch of bright red graffiti on one of the walls looked out of place. Subscribe to our newsletter to learn more about criminal control in the jungle: bit.ly/4dzO6sf
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 25/09/2026
The Shield of the Americas’ constituent countries promised to target 24 Latin American organized crime groups. What is the Shield of the Americas? And could it seriously disrupt organized crime? bit.ly/4gN9Tib
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 25/09/2026
Honduras has tightened prison conditions for alleged gang members and designated terrorist organizations, mirroring Bukele's maximum-security model in El Salvador. Learn more about how this strategy is spreading across the region? bit.ly/3T2JIev
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 24/09/2026
🇲🇽 | The Mexican military captured Edgar Valeriano, “Kamoni,” a regional commander of the Tepalcatepec Cartel. What role does his criminal group play in the powerful Cárteles Unidos alliance? bit.ly/3TAMQOz
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 24/09/2026
🇦🇷 | A year after a brutal triple femicide in Buenos Aires, Argentina, prosecutors continue the case, following leads about drug trafficking links. Read our analysis for more: bit.ly/4nCLJrI
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 24/09/2026
Contraband weight loss drugs are surging from Paraguay into Brazil. Seizures in the first half of 2026 were 300% higher than in all of 2025, as criminal networks tap into booming demand for these medications. Learn more at bit.ly/46K3puJ
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 24/09/2026
Experience gained in the war in Ukraine is being leveraged by Latin American criminal networks to evolve their tactics and technologies for using drones. Learn about measures taken by some governments in the region to contain this threat: bit.ly/4qGrPOL
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 24/09/2026
🇭🇹 | Eighteen suspects in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse have been flown to the US to face trial. How did his killing upend Haiti’s criminal landscape? bit.ly/3CMLacG
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 24/09/2026
Why does fentanyl look so different from one Mexican border city to another? The answer lies in the illicit supply chain and in how criminal groups control local markets. Watch our latest video to see how that control shapes the fentanyl trade: bit.ly/3V911er
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 24/09/2026
🇸🇻 | In El Salvador, homicides dropped and gangs lost much of their territorial control. But Bukele’s offensive also brought mass arrests, prison overcrowding, and mass trials. Read more about El Salvador in our updated profile: bit.ly/3SgKlN0
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 24/09/2026
🇵🇪 | Peruvian Police arrested 38 people accused of being linked to the Tren de Aragua faction Hijos de Dios. How far has Tren de Aragua spread across Peru? bit.ly/3QwYnN9
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 23/09/2026
Mexican criminal groups are reportedly recruiting Colombians who fought in Ukraine to learn drone tactics, evade counter-drone systems, and use explosives. Learn more about the use of drones by criminal groups in Latin America: bit.ly/4itsQo5
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InSight Crime @insightcrime.org · 23/09/2026
Organized crime was suspected in more than a third of land and environmental defender killings worldwide in 2025. Why are criminal groups targeting those defending land and natural resources? Our latest On the Radar looks at the trend: bit.ly/4ydGlke
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