Weekly InSight
This week, InSight Crime’s Venezuela Organized Crime Observatory explores opportunities for intervention to mitigate the impact of organized crime and armed groups in Venezuela's upcoming presidential elections. We break the opportunities into three parts: In neighboring Brazil, we question whether the success of authorities in stopping new illegal mining sites in Yanomami territory is sustainable. In Guatemala, we look at how political elites hope to cling to power with claims of election fraud. While in Peru, we review how coca cultivation has hit an all-time high. Lastly, we explain how contraband smuggling networks supply illegal miners with essential goods in Venezuela's Yapacana National Park.

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Venezuela Security Policy: The Criminal Exploitation of the Migrant Crisis

Over the last decade, millions of Venezuelans have fled economic collapse and political turmoil, creating what is possibly the biggest migration crisis in the world. This exodus has represented a massive political challenge for the countries migrants have sought passage through or refuge in. It has also represented a major opportunity for organized crime.  

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Coming Soon

Rise of the Criminal Hybrid State in Venezuela
Next week, InSight Crime will publish a new investigation into the blurry line separating governance and criminality in Venezuela. In some cases, this line has disappeared altogether. The investigation explores how organized crime intersects with the government led by President Nicolás Maduro.

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NewsAnalysis

Guatemala Elites Meddle Again in Presidential Election, Suspending Results


Guatemala’s highest court has suspended the results of the presidential elections as...

Can Brazil Keep Illegal Miners Off Yanomami Lands?  


Brazil’s Federal Police detected no new illegal mines on Yanomami territory for the first time since monitoring began almost three...
From Smuggling to Trafficking: One Migrant's Nightmare on the Guatemala-Mexico Border
Peruvian Coca Continues Expansion as New Regions Gain Importance 
In Venezuela, Contraband Networks Supply Rampant Wildcat Mining 
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Impact
Our most recent investigation on how US immigration policy foments organized crime on the US-Mexico border has generated discussion across Latin America

Media outlets including El Economista and Infobae have cited our work to explain which are the criminal groups involved in the trafficking of migrants, and how immigration policies have helped generate this lucrative human smuggling economy. 

Victoria Dittmar, one of the investigation's authors, was interviewed by NTN24, where she discussed how organized crime groups exploit migrants on the US southern border.

 

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Criminal Actors
Profiles of some of the notable criminal personalities and groups that have marked this week.

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PCC

The First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) was inspired by the Red Command...

Tren de Aragua

The Tren de Aragua is Venezuela’s most powerful, homegrown criminal actor. Its headquarters are in...

Media Mentions
JULY 6, 2023
LATIN TIMES

Latin Times (@thelatintimes) / Twitter
"As for the Northeast Cartel, it is an offshoot of the Zetas. It is the dominant group in Nuevo Laredo, which is on the U.S.-Mexico border in Tamaulipas. The cartel operates unimpeded by rival gangs or local authorities who are sometimes complicit in their criminal activity, as per InSight Crime."

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