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.
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.
Historic Guilty Plea by Bank Shows US Money Laundering Focus
Oct 22, 2024 · For the first time, a US bank has admitted to helping criminal networks in Colombia launder hundreds of millions of dollars in dirty money, highlighting the fruits of a renewed push to target those aiding the region’s money launderers.
How Bukele’s Government Overpowered Gangs: Major Findings
Dec 6, 2023 · 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), …
Mayor's Beheading Shows Mexico's New President's Security Task
Oct 8, 2024 · Unknown assailants murdered and decapitated the recently elected local mayor of a major city in southwest Mexico less than a week after he took office, highlighting the gargantuan task the country’s new president faces in tackling an increasingly dire public security situation.
Maduro's Regime Fails to Eradicate ‘Pranato’ in Venezuela
Nov 14, 2024 · The intervention in yet another Venezuelan prison under criminal leaders’ control highlights the ongoing failure of President Nicolás Maduro’s regime to eliminate the country’s prison gangs despite a year of targeted operations.
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.