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This week, InSight Crime looks at the latest grisly massacre in Ecuador’s prisons, where the cocaine trade is serving as an accelerant for ever more deadly clashes among prison gangs. New developments emerge in Colombia’s Memo Fantasma case, with InSight Crime reporting that the accused paramilitary drug lord is looking to get out of prison, either via house arrest or habeas corpus. He has a valid visa for Spain, where he maintains several properties, and hundreds of millions of euros invested across Europe.
We also wrap up our joint investigation with the Igarapé Institute on how organized crime drives the destruction of the Colombian Amazon. The final chapter provides an overview of the gaps in legislation, policing, and international cooperation that have hampered an effective response.
Other notable reports this week include the saga of a notorious Venezuelan prison boss who killed himself in Bogotá. Meanwhile, accusations and evidence against Mexico’s former security chief Genaro García Luna are piling up in two US courts.
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