This week, InSight Crime helps shape the debate on El Salvador’s ousting of its attorney general and five high court judges 

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This week, InSight Crime helps shape the debate on El Salvador’s ousting of its attorney general and five high court judges – a move that has placed the rule of law in the balance. Other highlights include an examination of why military troops so often fail in combatting environmental crime in the Amazon; a look at how towns in Mexico have shot up the ranks of the world’s most violent places; and a report on how corruption allegations against a Cali prosecutor have led to calls for reviews of two major murder cases that shook the city.


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** Ousting of El Salvador’s Top Prosecutor Imperils Rule of Law ([link removed])
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The decision by legislators aligned with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele to oust the country’s top prosecutor may spell the end of several crucial organized crime cases.

On May 1, Congress voted to remove ([link removed]) Attorney General Raúl Melara during the first session of El Salvador’s new National Assembly. Melara had previously publicly announced that the Attorney General’s Office had opened investigations looking into the Bukele administration’s alleged profiteering related to pandemic spending ([link removed]) and negotiations with MS13 gang members ([link removed]) .

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** Why South America’s Armies Are Losing the War for the Amazon ([link removed])
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Decades of inaction and inefficiency in combating environmental crime in the Amazon have led Brazil, Colombia and Peru to...

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** Colombia’s City of Cali Dealing with Fallout of Prosecutor’s Arrest ([link removed])
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In the past year and a half, two murder cases have shaken the city of Cali: the slaying of its lead organized crime prosecutor and the...

Smaller Mexico Cities Now Most Violent in the World ([link removed])
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Sinaloa Cartel Princeling Guilty But Group Has Moved On ([link removed])
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Haiti Massacres Reveal Active Gang Support from Police, Officials ([link removed])
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Brazil Sex Traffickers Brought Down by Cloned Credit Card ([link removed])
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Venezuela’s Modeling Agencies Repeatedly Linked to Human Trafficking ([link removed])
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Poultrygeist – How Mexican Chickens Are Smuggled into Guatemala ([link removed])
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One Colombian Gang Laundered $100 Million in a Year ([link removed])
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Weaponized Drones in Mexico: Game-Changer or Gimmick? ([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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** El Mayo ([link removed])
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Ismael Zambada García, alias “El Mayo,” heads the Sinaloa Cartel. Along with his now captured and convicted...
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** Sinaloa Cartel ([link removed])
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The Sinaloa Cartel, often described as the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization...


** Media Mentions
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"They captured many, many, many of these drug trafficking operational heads and midlevel guys, cooperating with special units in the police, special units in the marines and parts of the [Mexican] attorney general's office, said Steven Dudley, an expert on drug interdiction with a think tank called InSight Crime."
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** Head of the Class
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InSight Crime’s newest class of a dozen interns is a distinguished group, hailing from Georgetown University, Loyola University, The University of Texas at Austin, The London School of Economics, George Washington University, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University and other prestigious institutions in Europe and the Americas.

We take pride in our interns, who play a critical role in our work, from researching criminal organizations to writing for our website. Many have become key staffers, while others have gone on to be our ambassadors in NGOs, government agencies and international organizations.

We also take pride in seeing our investigative journalism and in-depth research used to inform key decisionmakers and stakeholders. The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies ([link removed]) at the National Defense University in Washington recently held its annual course on combating transnational organized crime ([link removed]) , where instructors highlighted InSight Crime’s materials in the week-long seminar attended by high-ranking government and security officials. Featured reports included the rise of dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ([link removed]) (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - FARC) in Colombia, the role of women in organized crime ([link removed]) in Latin America and the new cocaine pipeline to Europe.
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