By: Insight Crime February 21, 2023 Venezuela’s organized crime groups and networks have evolved rapidly over the last decade, exploiting social and political crises that have wracked the country while…
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Is Nayib Bukele’s ‘Iron Fist’ in El Salvador Working?
By: InsightCrime February 14, 2023 After the influential and well-sourced publication El Faro declared that El Salvador’s controversial President Nayib Bukele had “disarticulate(d)” the country’s gangs, is it time to…
Statement of the OAS General Secretariat on the Arrival of 222 Nicaraguan Political Prisoners in the United States
February 10, 2023 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) today welcomes the arrival in the United States as refugees of 222 former Nicaraguan political prisoners. Their…
Upcoming Guatemala elections are already controversial
By: Staff Writer February 3, 2023 The Guatemalan elections will be held on June 25, 2023 to elect the president and vice president, all 160 seats of the Congress, all…
OAS Deploys Electoral Cooperation Technical Team to Guatemala
February 3, 2023 Responding to a request from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala, the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS), through the Department for Electoral…
Otoniel Pleads Guilty: Farewell to Colombia’s Last Kingpin
By: Insight Crime January 31, 2023 Otoniel, the fallen head of the Urabeños crime syndicate, has pleaded guilty to a raft of crimes in New York. His trial marks the…
The Inescapable Prison of Barrio 18 in Honduras
BY JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ D´AUBUISSON for InsightCrime January 20, 2023 Entering Barrio 18, the powerful Central American street gang, can seem like a violent rebirth. Members get a new family,…
Honduras suspended its constitution to fight gangs, will it work?
By: Staff Writer January 10, 2023 The government of Honduras announced in December that it suspended some constitutional rights in areas of two main cities controlled by criminal groups. The…
Honduras to Host Important Event on Public Integrity in Latin America and Caribbean
November 22, 2022 On December 1 and 2, 2022, Tegucigalpa will host a major event on public integrity in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Inter-American Development Bank…
IDB Aids Central America and the Dominican Republic with Hurricane Response
November 15, 2022 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) activated an emergency response for Central American countries that have been battered in recent months by hurricanes Julia, Fiona and Lisa, as…
El Salvador’s Attorney General Worked for Top MS13 Ally
By: Insight Crime November 8, 2022 Over a 22-year career in El Salvador’s Attorney General’s Office, Rodolfo Delgado held some of the most critical positions in the country’s judiciary, including…
Category 1 Hurricane Lisa hits Belize now on to Mexico
By: Staff Writer November 4, 2022 The tropical Atlantic remains unusually busy for November, with forecasters monitoring multiple systems at a time when activity is usually tamping down. Hurricane Lisa…