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October 10, 2025 | View in your browser ([link removed])
This week, InSight Crime delves into ([link removed]) growing reports that the Jalisco Cartel New Generation is aiding the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel in parts of Mexico.
Also this week, a new National Guard reform in Mexico doubles down ([link removed]) on militarization; a surge in piracy across Latin America exposes ([link removed]) internal crises and the absence of state control; the livestreamed torture and killing of three women by a drug gang in Argentina underscores ([link removed]) the country’s vulnerability to extreme drug-fueled violence; and rising tensions between the Trump and Maduro administrations threaten to deepen ([link removed]) Venezuela’s criminalization rather than dismantle it.
This and more below.
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** 📅 Don’t Miss Our Upcoming Event | Crime, Climate, and COP30: Environmental Crime Challenges in Latin America ([link removed])
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On the Radar: Elites in the Spotlight for Criminal Ties ([link removed])
In this week’s edition, we look at two Guyanese gold magnates indicted by a US court for fraud and money laundering, a member of Argentine President Javier Milei’s party who quit the midterm election race after admitting that he received $200,000 from an aviation tycoon who is wanted in the US for drug trafficking, and the approval for extradition from Costa Rica of three nationals, one of them the former security minister, on terrorism and drug trafficking charges.
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** Is the Jalisco Cartel Helping the Chapitos in Mexico? ([link removed])
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Reports that the Jalisco Cartel New Generation is aiding the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel in parts of Mexico have been growing. InSight Crime’s Managing Editor Deborah Bonello and Senior Investigator Parker Asmann discuss the criminal alliance, its structure, and how it contradicts some of the mainstream narratives around organized crime in the region.
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From the Caribbean to the Pacific: Piracy on the Rise in Latin America ([link removed])
Mexico Doubles Down on Militarization With National Guard Reform ([link removed])
Triple Murder Streamed Online Underscores Fears of Escalating Violence in Argentina ([link removed])
Behind the Curtain: If Venezuela’s Regime Changed, What Could It Mean for Organized Crime? ([link removed])
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InSight Crime investigator and project manager Victoria Dittmar provided expert analysis to Al Jazeera on how organized crime profits from cattle trafficking amid Mexico’s ongoing “screwworm” outbreak. She explained how criminal networks exploit weak traceability systems to extort smugglers, launder money through cash transactions, and use the cattle trade as cover for other illicit activities.
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** This Week's Criminal Profile: Chone Killers
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Once a small street gang, the Chone Killers have grown into one of Ecuador’s most violent and sophisticated criminal organizations. Originally allied with the Choneros, the group has become a major criminal force in its own right, involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and contract killings across the coastal province of Guayas. This week, they made headlines after police captured Jorge P., a financier and direct link to Cristhian P., alias “Gato Celi,” the leader of a Chone Killers faction operating in Durán.
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October 9, 2025
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“Chérizier was a Haitian police officer with deep ties to top politicians until he was fired in 2018 for organizing extrajudicial killings, explained InSight Crime.”
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