The eternal tug-of-war for legitimacy between gangs and governments was being played out across the region this week. Could Haiti's G9 alliance... 

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The eternal tug-of-war for legitimacy between gangs and governments was being played out across the region this week. Could Haiti's G9 alliance grow more influential than the country's embattled president? Do the MS13 really deserve to be called terrorists by the White House? How does the PCC control the chaos inside Brazilian prisons when authorities cannot?


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** Is Haiti’s G9 Gang Alliance a Ticking Time Bomb? ([link removed])
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The architect of a new gang alliance in Haiti has quite a reputation for human rights abuses.

Jimmy Chérizier, alias “Barbecue,” was first implicated in a massacre during his time as a police officer in the Caribbean nation in November 2017. What began as an anti-gang operation turned into the extrajudicial execution ([link removed]) of at least 14 innocent civilians in the Grand Ravine neighborhood of the capital Port-au-Prince.

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** US Indictment of MS13 Leader More (Political) Smoke Than (Terrorist) Fire ([link removed])
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Last week, with great fanfare, the US government for the first time levied terrorism charges against...

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** “PCC and Brazil Government Engaged in Game of Chess,” says Expert ([link removed])
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The PCC has become one of the most complex and important criminal organizations within Latin America...

Coronavirus Unrest Sparks Surge in Riots in Latin America’s Prisons ([link removed])
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New Revelations Confirm Impunity for Colorado Party Members in Paraguay ([link removed])
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Massively Overpriced Contracts Hamper Honduras’ Pandemic Response ([link removed])
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Guatemala’s New Anti-Corruption Body: a Mere Smokescreen? ([link removed])
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Nicaragua Police Seizing Record Drug Money While Cocaine Seizures Fall ([link removed])
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** Criminal Actors
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Profiles of some of the notable criminal personalities and groups that have marked this week.

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** MS13 ([link removed])
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The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, is perhaps the most notorious street gang in the Western Hemisphere. While it has its..
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** Jalisco Cartel New Generation ([link removed])
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The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG) is a criminal group that...


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"(Criminal governance) tends to take hold in poor or remote areas where the state presence is weak; that is, where the government has failed to provide effective law enforcement, public services, and economic opportunity."
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** Disrupting Environmental Crime in Colombia
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InSight Crime, in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund ([link removed]) , has launched an investigation into the four principal criminal activities driving deforestation in Colombia: illegal mining, timber trafficking, land grabbing and wildlife trafficking. The project -- funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID ([link removed]) ) -- will map supply chains, track criminal actors, and home in on corruption risks to provide actionable recommendations to combat the destruction of Colombia’s biodiversity.

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** How COVID-19 Breeds Criminal Governance
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Mundo Sostenible ([link removed]) , a network of academics, officials and civil society leaders in Spain and Latin America who focus on security and development, featured InSight Crime Co-director Steven Dudley in a July 16 panel discussion. Dudley spoke on criminal governance in the time of coronavirus, emphasizing that the pandemic will force governments to partner with criminal groups in ways they never thought they would.

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