This week, InSight Crime looks at how authorities' killing of a top militia leader in Brazil is likely to shake up Rio de Janeiro’s underworld.

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This week, InSight Crime looks at how authorities' killing of a top militia leader in Brazil is likely to shake up Rio de Janeiro’s underworld. In neighboring Colombia, the re-appearance of a former FARC leader and veteran drug trafficker signals a shift in the landscape of dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC). Cuba takes aim at the illegal animal trade with a new law, while a gang pact in Haiti appears to be coming undone amid renewed attacks on a Port-au-Prince neighborhood. In one of Mexico’s most violent states, millions of rounds of ammunition are taken by gunmen during a highway robbery. And major trends in the latest European Drug Report show not only record seizures of cocaine at Europe’s ports but Mexican groups moving another illicit drug – methamphetamine – across the Atlantic.


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** Killing of Brazil's Top Militia Leader Raises More Questions Than it Answers ([link removed])
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Rio de Janeiro’s foremost militia leader has been gunned down by police, potentially shattering the belief that militias in the city were protected due to connections with authorities. But was this a lone action or the start of a real reckoning?

On June 12, Wellington da Silva Braga, alias “Ecko,” was killed after police raided his family home in Paciência, a neighborhood in western Rio.

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** A Black Cap and A Photo - How John 40 Shook Up FARC Dissidents ([link removed])
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A former FARC leader and veteran drug trafficker has sided with ex-commander Iván Márquez, a move that could prove crucial to the future...

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** Cocaine, Crack, Meth, MDMA - Europe Drugs Report Paints Grim Picture ([link removed])
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A recent report on drug trafficking and consumption in Europe highlights the acceleration of...

Haiti's Mighty G9 Gang Alliance Tries to Keep it Together ([link removed])
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Mexico Authorities on Alert After Millions of Rounds of Ammunition Stole ([link removed])
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Colombia Drug Trafficking Money Laundered Through Modified Gold ([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 Segunda Marquetalia is a group made up of former FARC guerrillas who refused to...
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The National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional - ELN) is one of the two main guerrilla armies...


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"It may have been extorting the wrong person. It may have been refusing to pay off a general. Whatever the cause, the result was a military offensive. The Venezuelans were looking to send a message. If you are on Venezuelan territory, you play by our rules."

InSight Crime Co-Director Jeremy McDermott on Venezuela border conflict
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** Conversation with Paraguay Judicial Operators on PCC
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InSight Crime continues to work with universities to help educate public officials throughout the region. The most recent example of this came on June 3, when InSight Crime Co-director Steven Dudley formed part of a panel attended by over 500 students, all of whom work in Paraguay's judicial system and are doing a post-graduate study program ([link removed]) at the Universidad de Pilar in Paraguay about organized crime. Dudley spoke to the students about criminal dynamics in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina, with a special emphasis on the activities of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), the Brazilian-born criminal organization that operates in Brazil and Paraguay. Other panelists included Juan Martens, a professor at the Universidad Nacional de Pilar, and Fabiola Molas
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