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Violent protests in Guatemala. Rising assassinations of politicians in Brazil. A troubling investigation in El Salvador. This week, InSight Crime looks at governments under pressure across the region, whether from people angry at corruption, crusading prosecutors or criminal gangs seeking to interfere in elections. And we consider at why Guyana continues to be an important corridor for cocaine. Elsewhere, flu vaccines are a hot black market item, Mexico City has a new program to stop child recruitment and drones are causing problems for Panama’s largest prison.


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** Outrageous Guatemala Budget Sees Frustrations Boil Over ([link removed])
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Protestors flooded the streets of Guatemala in recent days after congress approved a budget for 2021 that slashed the judiciary budget by half while increasing funding for government departments accused of misappropriating public funds, among other controversial measures.

On November 17, a majority of congress, aligned with the government of President Alejandro Giammattei, approved a budget of 99.7 billion quetzales ([link removed]) (about $12.8 billion). The session of congress was held early in the morning with little prior consultation.

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** Third Annual InSight Crime Conference ([link removed])
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Join us ([link removed]) next week, on Thursday, December 3, as InSight Crime and Universidad del Rosario hold our annual conference where academics, journalists, civil society leaders, and law enforcement officials will convene (virtually) to explore the ways organized crime has adapted ([link removed]) to the COVID-19 pandemic, how wildlife trafficking ([link removed]) and other environmental crimes ([link removed]) soared, and how Venezuela’s underworld grew more complex ([link removed]) , as a growing political-criminal nexus cemented control ([link removed]) , while the
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** Why Have Political Assassinations More Than Doubled in Brazil? ([link removed])
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Political assassinations have marred successive Brazilian elections but the pace of these killings has more than doubled in 2020, with the power...

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** Corruption, Containers, Cocaine: Guyana’s Role In Transnational Drug Trafficking ([link removed])
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A recent string of high-profile interceptions targeting international drug trafficking operations...

With Pandemic Raids, Bukele Government Faces Major Investigation in El Salvador ([link removed])
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Stolen Flu Vaccines Show Mexico’s Black Market Adapted to Coronavirus Demand ([link removed])
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Going Door to Door: Mexico City’s Response To Child Recruitment ([link removed])
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El Salvador’s Odd Military Deployment to Stop Drugs at Honduras Border ([link removed])
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Los Monos Defending Their Territory in Rosario, Argentina ([link removed])
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Microfinance Programs Fight Back Against Loan Sharks in Colombia ([link removed])
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Drones Rain Contraband on Panama Prison ([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 Monos ([link removed])
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The criminal group known as “Los Monos,” led by members of the Cantero family, has been operating for...
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** La Unión Tepito ([link removed])
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La Unión Tepito is a large criminal group indigenous to Mexico City, named after one of the capital’s largest neighborhoods...


** Media Mentions
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"Bukele has increased army operations along the country’s northern border with Honduras to combat transnational drug trafficking but this measure appears to overlook the primary entry points for cocaine, reports InSight Crime."
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** Impact
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InSight Crime’s Co-director, Jeremy McDermott, recently participated ([link removed]) in the 9th Congress for the Fight Against Kidnapping and Extortion (CIPSE), attended by Colombia’s President Iván Duque and representatives of police forces from around the world.


** Coming in December - GameChangers 2020
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In our end-of-the-year special report, we highlight the most important trends in organized crime in the Americas over the course of 2020 and look forward on what to expect in 2021.

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