By: Insight Crime November 26, 2024 As darkness falls over Cúcuta, Colombia’s bustling border city, shadows provide cover for criminal networks. Each night, illegal dirt tracks connecting the city to…
Category: VENEZUELA
Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on the Situation in Venezuela
October 15, 2024 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) calls on the international community to promote international justice for the commission of crimes against humanity in…
OAS General Secretariat Condemns Kidnapping and Torture of Minors by Venezuelan Regime
October 11, 2024 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) condemns in the strongest terms the atrocities committed by the Venezuelan regime against dozens of children and…
Tren de Guayana Gang Expands Into Southern Venezuela Mining Towns
By: Insight Crime October 8, 2024 Tren de Guayana, one of Venezuela’s oldest illegal mining groups, allegedly has used ties to President Nicolás Maduro’s administration to push out other criminal…
Security Forces in Venezuela Extort Detainees Amid Political Repression
By: Insight Crime October 1, 2024 The United States sanctioned several Venezuelan government officials for extorting money from political detainees, highlighting how President Nicolás Maduro’s administration relies on criminal rents…
Venezuela Opposition Leader flees to Spain in fear of Maduro regime
By: Staff Writer September 10, 2024 The opposition candidate in Venezuela’s recent presidential election has arrived in Spain after fleeing his homeland. A Spanish Air Force plane carrying Edmundo González…
Statement by the OAS General Secretariat on the Forced Exile of Edmundo González
September 10, 2024 One month and ten days after the presidential elections in Venezuela, the regime has not only failed to produce the slightest evidence of an electoral result but…
Maduro’s plane seized by US in the Dominican Republic
By: Staff Writer September 3, 2024 Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro had his plane seized by the US in the Dominican Republic amid sanctions against him and members of his regime.…
After Venezuela Elections, Criminal Groups Work For or Against the Regime
By: Insight Crime August 27, 2024 On the morning of July 29, a few hours after the announcement of controversial results of the presidential elections in Venezuela, the sound of…
OAS General Secretariat Rejects Ruling Issued by Venezuela’s Supreme Court
August 27, 2024 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) strongly rejects the ruling issued by the Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of…
Venezuela opposition leader could be charged with murder as protests linger on.
August 20, 2024 As opposition forces gather across Venezuela to protest Nicolas Maduro’s presidential election win, opposition leader Marica Corina Machado is facing the possibility of being charged for murder.…
Eastern Caribbean To Express Solidarity With Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution
August 16, 2024 The rallies will also condemn the continuing cyber warfare and diplomatic aggression against Venezuela. Friends of Venezuela and defenders of the Bolivarian Revolution across the Eastern Caribbean…