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WEB1 day 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 …
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 · 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 …
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 ...
28 replies on “Barrio 18” - InSight Crime
WEBNov 14, 2023 · Barrio 18. 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 …
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 …
US, Mexico Sanctions Offer Insights Into CJNG Hierarchy
WEBApr 9, 2021 · US, Mexico Sanctions Offer Insights Into CJNG Hierarchy. by Victoria Dittmar and Dario Zuza 9 Apr 2021. Sanctions recently imposed by the United States and Mexico on CJNG members allegedly linked to two high-profile murders demonstrate that the criminal group is one of the few remaining with a traditional hierarchical structure. On April 6, …
Klansman Trial Reveals Jamaica’s Sophisticated Gang Dynamics
WEBNov 16, 2021 · Klansman Trial Reveals Jamaica’s Sophisticated Gang Dynamics. by Gabrielle Gorder 16 Nov 2021. Andre Bryan, alias "Blackman," leader of the One Don Gang faction of the Klansman. Rival factions, secret burial sites, homicidal bosses – the ongoing trial of dozens of members of the Klansman gang in …