This week, more bad news from an already battered Haiti with the shocking assassination of President Jovenel...

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This week, more bad news from an already battered Haiti with the shocking assassination of President Jovenel Moïse at his home in Port-au-Prince. The country was already becoming the kidnapping capital of the region and was seeing unbridled violence between its police force and a number of powerful gangs. In the days since the murder, blame has been assigned to Colombian mercenaries, Haitian political elites and even his own bodyguards. InSight Crime has sought to clarify the various theories and the larger criminal consequences for Haiti.

Elsewhere, Guatemalan soldiers may have been protecting Sinaloa Cartel drug shipments, President Bolsonaro is facing shocking revelations from within his family, and Honduran authorities and Indigenous communities are at loggerheads over a controversial highway reportedly used for shipments of drugs and illegal timber.


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** Who Was Behind the Killing of Haiti's President? ([link removed])
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Two days on from the nighttime assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse in Port-au-Prince, competing theories have failed to provide any real motive for the high-profile hit.

A commando of what Haitian Police Chief Léon Charles called well-armed “mercenaries” broke into the president’s residence early July 7 and shot him 12 times ([link removed]) , killing him and seriously wounding First Lady Martine Moïse. She survived and is in critical but stable condition after being transferred to a hospital in Florida, according to the Miami Herald ([link removed]) .

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** Did Guatemala Military Help Escort Sinaloa Cartel's Cocaine? ([link removed])
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A US investigation has shed light on the alleged participation of Guatemalan soldiers in a cocaine smuggling network linked to...

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** Haiti President Assassinated in Port-au-Prince ([link removed])
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Armed gunmen have murdered Haiti President Jovenel Moïse and severely wounded First Lady Martine Moïse in a coordinated attack on their...

One Step Closer to Justice for Berta Cáceres in Honduras ([link removed])
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A Brief History of 'Rachadinha' - The Corruption Scheme Haunting Brazil's Bolsonaro ([link removed])
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No More Masks - Jalisco Cartel Members Reveal Their Faces ([link removed])
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Violence Against Women: A Weapon for Criminals in Tibú, Colombia ([link removed])
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How 'Narco-Highway' in Honduras Became National News ([link removed])
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Unclear Criteria Undermine US Corruption List in Central America ([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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** G9 and Family ([link removed])
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The “G9 and Family” (G9 en fanmi – G9) is a criminal federation of nine of the strongest gangs in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince. Founded in June...
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Los Comandos de la Frontera, or the Border Command, formerly known as La Mafia, is a group made up of dissidents...


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"Concentrations of seizures take place along the Pacific coast, in territory with a strong presence of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel." (InSight Crime)

InSight Crime was repeatedly used as an important source in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) World Drug Report 2021.
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** InSight Crime Ramps Up Haiti Coverage
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Covering Haiti presents a unique set of challenges. The country’s closely entwined nexus between political elites and criminal gangs is creating a failed state, the most unstable country in the region.

The fallout from the assassination of Jovenel Moïse is uncertain. But, as president, his government was connected ([link removed]) to the strongest gangs in the country, allegedly encouraging them to unite and brutally target opponents in exchange for broad impunity. Heavily armed US mercenaries were flown ([link removed]) into Haiti, ostensibly to fly out millions of dollars at the behest of top officials.

Going forward, InSight Crime will redouble its efforts to shed light on Haiti’s armed actors, corrupt networks and criminal economies.


** Anti-Corruption Fight in Peru
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In late June, InSight Crime Co-director Steven Dudley participated in a panel on investigating corruption and organized crime sponsored by Convoca ([link removed]) , a Peru-based journalism and investigative network.

During the panel, Dudley spoke about InSight Crime’s experience around the region investigating organized crime and corruption, as well as the way in which the organization frames its investigations so that it impacts how people understand the problem. He was joined on the panel by former InSight Crime staff member, Daniela Castro, who is now with Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP ([link removed]) ), as well as Sofía Vizcarra Castillo ([link removed]) , a criminologist from the Jesuit University in Brazil, UNISINOS ([link removed]) .


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