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Weekly InSight  · August 23, 2019

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Still Without Protection, Journalists Are Mexico’s Walking Dead

Reporters in Mexico are frequently forced to confront brutal and often deadly violence ...READ MORE

Honduras Anti-Graft Body Secures Historic Conviction of Former First Lady

After a high-profile investigation, anti-corruption prosecutors in Honduras have secured a conviction ...READ MORE

 

Entire Police Forces Continue to be Arrested in Mexico

The arrest of a town’s entire police department in Mexico’s state of Chihuahua reflects just how insidious police corruption ...READ MORE

Arrest Uncovers Costa Rica Drug Boss’ Sinaloa Cartel Links

Authorities have taken down the boss of the Moreco gang — a uniquely powerful Costa Rica-based drug trafficking group ...READ MORE

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If violence and poverty caused migration in some simplistic sense, however, there should be less of it. Guatemala’s homicide rate declined by more than half between 2009 and 2018, from 45 per 100,000 to 22.4, according to the World Bank and InSight Crime.




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AUGUST 19, 2019

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Jeremy McDermott, co-director of InSight Crime, a transnational organized crime investigation center, explained that any illegal armed group with national reach needs a route to connect with their units in all parts of the country, adding that “the growth of ELN is not only in Colombia, it is also in Venezuela, we have to understand that the strategic goals are not limited to each country" 


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AUGUST 22, 2019
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