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 ...
InSight Crime - Investigation and Analysis of Organized Crime
WEB2 days ago — InSight Crime continues to be a leading source of information and analysis on the presence of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in the United…. With the dust still settling after the arrest of Sinaloa Cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, InSight Crime investigators Victoria Dittmar and Mike LaSusa arrived….
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 …
Why Are Trinidad and Tobago’s Gangs Becoming More Violent?
WEBMay 31, 2022 — Three factors help to explain the complex criminal landscape and rise in violence in Trinidad and Tobago. First, it appears that gangs are splintering and, in the process, becoming more vicious. In March 2022, Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds told Parliament that the 2021 killing of a gang leader had generated “deep ramifications in the ...
Homicide Drop in El Salvador: Presidential Triumph or Gang Trend?
WEBAug 13, 2020 — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has credited his crime-fighting plan for a 60 percent drop in homicides this year. But the country’s violent street gangs deserve some — if not more — of the credit. Between January and July 2020, El Salvador logged 697 murders, or about three a day, El Mundo reported. The tally is a massive drop from ...
20 Years After Pablo: The Evolution of Colombia’s Drug Trade
WEBApr 24, 2023 — Twenty years ago, on December 2, 1993, Pablo Escobar, the pioneer of Colombia's cocaine trade, was killed on a rooftop in his native Medellin by police. His death signaled the end of one era of drug trafficking and the birth of another, as the drug trade continued apace, with Medellin still at its heart.
Confidential Informants: a ‘Double Edged Sword’ for Law …
WEBApr 24, 2023 — The use of confidential informants by US law enforcement has led to the recent arrests of several high-level actors in the international drug trade, but these successes may be overshadowing the potential pitfalls of the practice. According to US court documents accessed by InSight Crime and …
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 ...