According to InSight Crime, the defection of a Jalisco Cartel New Generation cell in Baja California has stoked the flames of violence and highlighted internal problems within one of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups.
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U.S. investigative organization InSight Crime, which specializes in security threats in Latin America and the Caribbean, reported that an October 2018 meeting between FARC and ELN leaders took place in Apure state in Venezuela to consolidate their cooperation. According to the organization’s sources, Márquez and El Paisa were said to have attended the meeting.
InSight Crime has joined forces with the renowned National University of Rosario to launch the Colombian Observatory of Organized Crime - the most innovative investigative platform focusing on criminal dynamics in post-conflict Colombia