Venezuela Businesses Increasingly Need Dollars. Loansharks Are Taking Advantage.
In February 2024, two young men started hanging out in a store in the central Venezuelan state of Lara. The…
Vortex of Evil: Gangs and Narcos in Tapachula, Mexico
Sitting on a rock in a street on the outskirts of Tapachula, on Mexico’s southern border, Poison and Malandro share…
Is Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua ‘Invading’ the US?
Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang is causing increasing concern in the United States, even though the group appears to have…
Financial Vulnerability Fuels Predatory Crime in Peru
Widespread financial vulnerability is driving criminal competition in Peru, leading to skyrocketing cases of loan sharking and extortion. Cases of…
Mexico Fentanyl Production Migrates North as Chapitos Death Threats Loom
Huddled in the back of a fruit and vegetable stand in the south of Culiacán, the hitman scanned the area…
Is the ‘Pran’ System in Venezuela’s Prisons Finished?
¿Le parece importante y valioso este contenido? Considere donar a InSight Crime y apóyenos en nuestra misión de alzar y…
3 Reasons Why Security Has Deteriorated in Northern Chile
A new study has shed light on the security crisis unfolding in northern Chile, a border region pivotal to transnational…
What Does Capture of ‘Yiyi’ Mean for Other Venezuelan Crime Bosses Abroad?
The capture of Venezuelan crime boss, alias “Yiyi,” in Argentina, is the latest on the growing list of Venezuelan kingpins…
Is Mexico’s CJNG Pushing the Gulf Cartel from Tamaulipas?
The speculation regarding the latest mega-battle for control over Mexico’s underworld started with a two-minute video that first appeared on…
‘Mula’: The Bridge Between MS13 and Mexican Mafia in Tijuana, Mexico
One afternoon in 1993, Nelson Alexander Flores Pacheco, better known as “Mula” within the MS13, took his knife, stabbed a…