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This week, InSight Crime takes a closer look at the Venezuelan government’s claim ([link removed]) to be fighting what it calls the Tancol: Armed Colombian Terrorist Drug Traffickers. While President Nicolás Maduro has said the Tancol’s presence in Venezuela was part of a plot by the Colombian oligarchy to attack the country from the inside, their very existence is in question.
Across the border in Colombia, we examine why armed groups are obstructing humanitarian organizations’ ([link removed]) access in parts of the country and consider the AGC's ([link removed]) increasing boldness in attacking the nation’s ([link removed]) biggest private gold mine. In Mexico, we explain how a fight to control migrant smuggling and synthetic drug trafficking could explain a recent spike in homicides ([link removed]) in Ciudad Juárez.
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** The Tancol: Venezuela’s Phantom Enemy ([link removed])
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In Venezuela, the government is literally fighting a ghost.
In mid-2021, a mysterious new criminal actor appeared in Venezuela. It became an obsession of the country's security forces, which pursued cells all over the country.
“They are not guerrillas, nor pseudo-guerrillas, nor paramilitaries,” President Nicolás Maduro said in September 2021. "They are the Tancol: terrorists, armed drug traffickers from Colombia. And these Tancol groups have been infiltrating Venezuelan territory."
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Next week, ahead of Guatemala’s ([link removed]) general elections on June 25, InSight Crime will publish an investigation into the evolution of the political power blocs that have governed Guatemalan politics for decades.
These blocs monopolize the ministries and institutions that regulate the political, economic, and judicial life of the country. All have candidates in this year’s election, and none of them take kindly to outsiders. Just weeks ago, these political mafias leveraged their control of the country’s court system to eliminate Carlos Pineda Sosa, the leading presidential candidate, from the race.
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** What Is Behind Wave of Homicides in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico? ([link removed])
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A rise in migrant smuggling and synthetic drug trafficking could explain a recent spike in homicides in Ciudad Juárez, a place still...
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** Humanitarian Aid Blocked by Armed Groups in Colombia ([link removed])
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Armed groups are obstructing humanitarian organizations' access to several parts of Colombia, possibly to suppress reports of human...
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** Increasingly Brazen Gaitanistas Attack Colombia's Biggest Gold Mine ([link removed])
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Attacks on Colombia’s largest private gold mine by the Gaitanistas, one of the country’s strongest criminal...
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** DataInSights: Latin America’s Homicide Hotspots ([link removed])
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Brutal fights to control lucrative criminal economies have led specific provinces and cities across Latin America to have sky-high homicide...
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** Honduras State of Exception Draws Attention
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InSight Crime’s analysis of Honduras’ state of exception and its impact on organized crime drew attention from a number of Honduran media outlets. The piece was republished in Tiempo ([link removed]) and Proceso ([link removed]) and received further coverage in Tu Nota ([link removed]) .
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InSight Crime’s Parker Asmann spoke to broadcaster NPR ([link removed]) in the United States for its report on the eight call center workers killed in Jalisco, Mexico.
InSight Crime was cited multiple times in risk advisory organization London Politica’s report ([link removed]) on violent crime in Latin American cities. And our report on the fall of ransom kidnappings in Argentina was included in the Global Investigative Journalism Network’s Top 10 data journalism stories ([link removed]) of the week.
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Profiles of some of the notable criminal personalities and groups that have marked this week.
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** Ex-FARC Mafia ([link removed])
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The ex-FARC mafia are a series of criminal structures that emerged during and after peace...
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** Juárez Cartel ([link removed])
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The Juárez Cartel is responsible for smuggling tons of narcotics from Mexico into the United...
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"The InSight Crime organization says this is just “the tip of the iceberg” of the CJNG’s involvement in [Puerto Vallarta’s] tourism sector, “which has been a gold mine for the group for years."
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