This week, Insight Crime looks at why politics in Mexico is a risky business. 

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This week, InSight Crime looks at why politics in Mexico is a risky business. We focus on organized crime dynamics in Veracruz, the most dangerous state for aspiring politicians, where 16 candidates have been killed in the runup to Sunday’s elections.

In other news from the region, the race to build wind turbines may be fueling illegal logging of balsa wood in Ecuador. Bolivia’s former interior minister faces US bribery charges for allegedly taking kickbacks in a deal to buy tear gas. Italian Mafia boss Rocco Morabito is arrested in Brazil – a popular narco refuge – after two years on the run. Latin America’s conservationists warn tourists that the cute sloth they’re being offered for a photo has likely been trafficked. And Colombia’s announcement of the demise of the Caparros crime group may be premature.


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** Why is Veracruz Mexico's Most Dangerous State for Political Murders? ([link removed])
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Running for office in Mexico means risking one's life. Days away from local elections on June 6, at least 89 political candidates had been killed during the current campaign.

The 2021 election cycle has been the most dangerous in recent years, with 782 acts of violence against incumbents and challengers alike, edging out the 774 violent acts recorded in 2018, according to a regularly updated report on political violence in Mexico by risk analysis group, Etellekt.

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** Timber Mafias at Ecuador’s Borders Cash in on Balsa Boom ([link removed])
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Timber mafias operating along Ecuador’s borders with Peru and Colombia have been profiting from the thriving demand for...

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** Colombia Should Hold Off on Wake for Caparros ([link removed])
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The Colombian government has, rather optimistically, announced the demise of one of the country's more aggressive criminal groups, in a region that has seen the constant recycling of criminal actors since..

Displacements in Mexico Increase With Ongoing Violence ([link removed])
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Demobilized But Not Disarmed, Colombia Paramilitaries Continue Extorting ([link removed])
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Church Leaders in Mexico Struggle to Stem Michoacán Bloodshed ([link removed])
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Why Did Bolivia's Former Interior Minister Get Arrested in the US? ([link removed])
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No Sloth Selfies - The Rush to Protect Latin America's Slowest Mammal ([link removed])
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How International Narcos Rebuild Their Lives in Brazil ([link removed])


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Profiles of some of the notable criminal personalities and groups that have marked this week.

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The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación - CJNG) is a criminal group that has evolved as a...
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** Caparros ([link removed])
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The Caparros, also known as the Virgilio Peralta Arenas Front and the Caparrapos, is a criminal gang that is heavily involved in...


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"Jamaica has a long history of political violence and gang warfare, and last year had the highest homicide rate in the Latin American and Caribbean region, according to InSight Crime, a non-profit think-tank."

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** Collaborating on Citizen Security Initiatives
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InSight Crime continuously teams up with stakeholders involved in citizen security in the Americas. For our latest collaboration, Co-director Steven Dudley worked with Chemonics ([link removed]) , a DC-based development firm active in more than 70 countries, to analyze the organization’s citizen security programs in Mexico.

One upshot of this effort was a post on Chemonics’ website by Dudley and Luke Waggoner, a senior democracy and governance specialist, titled “For Holistic Violence Prevention, Consider the Local Systems Framework ([link removed]) .” The report highlighted a youth violence prevention program whose team mapped actors and political dynamics under a framework developed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID ([link removed]) ).

Dudley and Waggoner warned development practitioners that without a deep understanding of these systems and relationships, they risk implementing ineffective programs.

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