An unusual zoo was perched atop the pristine Roatán coral reef in Honduras, filled with illegally obtained jaguars, tigers and lions. 

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An unusual zoo was perched atop the pristine Roatán coral reef in Honduras, filled with illegally obtained jaguars, tigers and lions. This week, InSight Crime takes you behind the scenes of the Little French Key Zoo and its Iranian owner.

Besides this, we look at how new security measures set up during the pandemic have been completely sidestepped by organized crime groups, whether they are mining diamonds in Brazil, driving truckloads of marijuana across Argentina or stashing cocaine in cargo ships crossing the Atlantic.


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** The Jaguar King Who Founded Honduras’ Little French Key Zoo ([link removed])
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Zimba the jaguar should not have been there. The biologist recognized it as the same jaguar she had ordered to be confiscated a year earlier during her first inspection in 2015. It had the same spot in the shape of a butterfly on its face.

The zoo at Little French Key (LFK) on the island of Roatán, Honduras’ Caribbean coast, did not have the permits to own certain exotic animals and did not meet basic requirements to keep exotic animals. There is no way Zimba should still have been there.

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** Drug Flights Climb Again in Honduras and Guatemala ([link removed])
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The number of destroyed illegal airstrips and the volume of seized cocaine in Honduras this year are set to surpass 2019 figures...

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** Argentina Marijuana Trade Unfazed by Increased Security Controls ([link removed])
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Argentina’s strategic location and booming consumer market have made it a major transshipment...

Guatemala’s Attorney General Lashes Out Against Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office ([link removed])
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European Drug Report Shows Advances in Trans-Atlantic Drug Trafficking ([link removed])
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Brazil Cracking Down on Rising Illegal Diamond Mining ([link removed])
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Coronavirus Yet to Halt Peru’s Contraband Cigarette Trade ([link removed])
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Business As Usual? Cocaine Seizures On the Rise At Bolivia-Brazil Border ([link removed])
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HSBC: Dirty Money and White Collars ([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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** Los Chapitos ([link removed])
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The now-jailed former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín Guzmán Loera, alias “El Chapo,” reportedly had many children...
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The First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) was inspired by the Red Command (Comando Vermelho...


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"Recent frontal attacks by President Bukele on the Salvadoran press and, specifically, on El Faro, provide evidence of the extent to which the revelations about his opaque dealings with the gangs are true. InSight Crime brings its own investigation to the table."
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** MS13 Revealed
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In the six weeks since the launch of his sweeping new book on the MS13 street gang, InSight Crime Co-director Steven Dudley has conducted a broad range of interviews and speaking engagements, ranging from university lectures to briefings with Latin America and US law enforcement agencies. “MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang ([link removed]) ” is the product of years of reporting, including investigations Dudley piloted at InSight Crime. The book explores the deadly gang’s origins, its inner workings, and its spread across a half-dozen countries and two continents. Dudley has shared insights from the book with a number of top decision makers, including high-level officials devising anti-gang strategies, lawyers arguing asylum claims, civil society groups working with at-risk youth, and other thought leaders on questions of gangs and migration.

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