This week, InSight Crime took readers beyond the headlines of the guilty plea by a noted Miami professor and organized crime expert – revealing how...

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This week, InSight Crime took readers beyond the headlines of the guilty plea by a noted Miami professor and organized crime expert – revealing how a drug trafficker turned fixer arranged for him to launder illicit cash from Venezuela. Other highlights included stories on Jamaica’s guns-for-drugs trade, violence in a small Mexico state, and trafficking of marine species amid COVID-19 lockdowns.
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** The Professor and the Fixer: How a Colombian Middleman Got a Crime Specialist to Launder Money ([link removed])
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While a guilty plea for money laundering by a decorated University of Miami professor continues to send shockwaves through the academic, law enforcement and crime investigation communities, his Colombian go-between remains free, a walking example of how the US justice system sometimes rewards the most slippery of figures.

Jorge Luís Hernández Villazón, alias “Boliche,” was a drug trafficker who worked his way through the underworld to become part of the drug organization of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia ([link removed]) — AUC), the murderous right-wing group that started as a proxy army for the Colombian government against leftist guerrillas and later became one of the largest drug operations in the world. ([link removed]) Read the Analysis > ([link removed])


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** Why One of Mexico’s Smallest States Is Also Its Most Violent ([link removed])
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A series of assassinations of high-profile public figures in Colima marks the latest manifestation of violence in one of Mexico’s ...

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** Coronavirus Has Not Slowed Looting of Latin America’s Maritime Species ([link removed])
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The pace of eco-trafficking in Latin America does not appear to have slowed under the coronavirus ...

Jamaica and Haiti Swap Drugs and Guns ([link removed])
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Armed Groups in Colombia Target Children Amid Pandemic ([link removed])
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Will Top US Prosecutor’s Ousting Impact Latin America Drug Cases? ([link removed])
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State Intelligence and Organized Crime: An Old Relationship in Latin America ([link removed])
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What are the Signs a Latin American Prison Is Working or Not? ([link removed])
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** Criminal Actors
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Profiles of criminal personalities and groups that have marked this week.

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Álex Nain Saab Morán is a Colombian businessman known for making shady million-dollar deals with the Venezuelan...
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José Antonio Yépez Ortiz, alias “El Marro,” is the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel and one of those most responsible...


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** " According to the InSight Crime investigation by Jeremy McDermott, in 2007, the time in which business negotiations were done with Memo Fantasma, [Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez] appears as a majority associate in Hitos Urbanos."
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** " Animals are trafficked within and out of Colombia for consumption, fur or body parts and to serve as exotic pets. An InSight Crime analysis states, though, that the market for illegal fauna is still not fully understood. "
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A Virtual Newsroom

InSight Crime prides itself on on-the-ground research and primary sourcing, which the pandemic has made nearly impossible. But our virtual newsroom has managed to transition to full-time remote work, relying on our many contacts across the Americas and Europe and talking to stakeholders to continue covering all aspects of organized crime in the region.

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** Angles on Coronavirus and Crime
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COVID-19 continues to create fresh opportunities for organized crime in Latin America, and InSight Crime has examined the trends: from price-gouging on body bags, to trafficking black market medicine, to profiteering from government healthcare contracts.


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** Behind the Prison Walls
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InSight Crime Co-director Steven Dudley interviewed Michael Reed ([link removed]) , a researcher at Georgetown University with on-the-ground expertise on Latin America’s prison systems. The conversation ranged from meeting prison bosses to understanding the signs that a prison is working or not.

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