InSight Crime's investigation into the web of connections tying gangs to politics in downtown San Salvador, published last week, really struck a chord. Now, as a follow-up, we look at how the government of El Salvador has negotiated in secret with the gangs to secure favors. Elsewhere, the murder of one mafioso has revealed how deep the Italian mafia has embedded itself in Costa Rica; a plane that crashed in Colombia may have been carrying drugs into Honduras a decade earlier; and a Dutch warship is developing quite the cocaine addiction.
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