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Jungle Graffiti, the Tiguerones, and New Black Markets in Latin America
SEPTEMBER 25 - 2026 | ([link removed])
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This week, we dig into how US terrorist designations oversimplify the complex reality ([link removed]) of criminal fragmentation of the Tiguerones in Ecuador, how crime groups are expanding their territorial control ([link removed]) in Guatemala’s protected reserves, Brazil’s rapidly growing contraband market ([link removed]) for weight loss drugs, and the fallout from the killing ([link removed]) of a top armed group in northern Colombia.
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** Trafficking of Contraband Weight Loss Drugs From Paraguay to Brazil Spikes ([link removed])
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Weight loss drugs are Brazil’s fastest-growing contraband market. Fueled by social media demand, medications produced in Paraguay are being stolen, smuggled along established trafficking routes, and sold through informal networks across Brazil.
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** What Jungle Graffiti Says About the Destruction of Guatemala’s Sierra Lacandón National Park ([link removed])
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** The Tiguerones: US Terrorist Label Meets a Fracturing Gang in Ecuador ([link removed])
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** Shield of the Americas Blacklists 24 Criminal Groups | On the Radar ([link removed])
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** # CRIMINAL PROFILE OF THE WEEK ()
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** Conquering Self Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) ([link removed])
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José Luis Pérez Villanueva, alias “Cholo” and the second-in-command of the ACSN, was killed during a September 21 operation in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The ACSN controls drug trafficking routes and runs extensive extortion networks in this area of Colombia’s Magadalena department.
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