Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG) - InSight Crime
May 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
Jul 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 on the backs of Venezuelan migrants ...
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Sinaloa Cartel - InSight Crime
Mar 15, 2024 · Sinaloa Cartel. by InSight Crime 15 Mar 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.
Tusi: The Pink Drug Cocktail That Tricked Latin America - InSight …
by 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 ...
How Bukele’s Government Overpowered Gangs: Major Findings
Dec 6, 2023 · How Bukele’s Government Overpowered Gangs: Summary & Major Findings. In March 2022, the government of El Salvador launched one of the most relentless security crackdowns in its history in its latest attempt to debilitate the country’s three main gangs — the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13), the Barrio 18 Revolucionarios (18R), and the Barrio ...
13 replies on “Gulf Cartel” - InSight Crime
Aug 20, 2024 · The Gulf Cartel is one of Mexico’s oldest criminal groups. In its heyday, its boss, Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, was considered the country’s most powerful underworld leader. The group has lost territory and influence in recent years as it has splintered into several different rival factions. But those factions still control significant areas ...
20 Years After Pablo: The Evolution of Colombia’s Drug Trade
Apr 24, 2023 · Twenty years ago, on December 2, 1993, Pablo Escobar, the pioneer of Colombia's cocaine trade, was killed on a rooftop in his native Medellin by police. His death signaled the end of one era of drug trafficking and the birth of another, as the drug trade continued apace, with Medellin still at its heart.
911 replies on “National Liberation Army (ELN)” - InSight Crime
Jun 18, 2024 · The National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN) is Colombia’s last true insurgency and one of Latin America’s most powerful criminal organizations. Due to its expansion and strengthening in Venezuela in recent years, it has established itself as a binational guerrilla group. Initially, the ELN was a nationalist ...
How El Salvador’s Crackdown Succeeded Where Others Failed
Dec 6, 2023 · But while the crackdown’s impact has been transformative, the gangs are not finished in El Salvador. In fact, the government’s own data contradicts the Bukele administration’s narrative that the gangs have been completely defeated. The government claims to have arrested 52,541 members of the MS13, 13,682 members of the Barrio 18 Sureños ...