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.
How El Salvador’s Crackdown Succeeded Where Others Failed
Dec 6, 2023 · Sources: Emergency decree enacted by El Salvador legislative assembly, March 26 2022; El Salvador legislative assembly; confidential police intelligence reports; interviews with El Salvador security officials; Revista Factum 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 ...
Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG) - InSight Crime
May 27, 2024 · 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.
Navigating Extreme Violence in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico - InSight …
Jan 9, 2024 · In Ciudad Juárez, many young people struggle to escape the grips of forced recruitment and organized crime-related violence. Some succeed.
What We Know About Tren de Aragua’s US Presence - InSight Crime
Oct 4, 2024 · Tren de Aragua’s supposed expansion into the United States has received national media coverage and attention from the country’s most prominent politicians, fueling questions about the extent of the group’s presence and activities.
Sinaloa Cartel - InSight Crime
Mar 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.
How Mexico’s Cartels Have Learned Military Tactics - InSight Crime
Sep 2, 2021 · As violence has continued to rise in Mexico year after year, criminal groups have adopted an increasingly militarized approach to their tactics, weaponry and training.
30 Years After Escobar, How the Cocaine Trade Has Changed
Dec 1, 2023 · Pablo Escobar and his Medellín Cartel transformed the cocaine trade during their heyday in the 1980s. But the 30 years since the kingpin’s death have shown that the business remains one of the world’s most dynamic criminal economies.
Mexico's Jalisco Cartel - New Generation: From Extinction to World ...
Apr 24, 2023 · 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 network whose links extend through all of the Americas, as well as Europe and Asia.
Lobos - InSight Crime
Dec 3, 2024 · In the space of just a few years, the Lobos have evolved from a splinter group of the Choneros to one of Ecuador’s most powerful and innovative criminal organizations, with thousands of members spread across the country and within the prisons.