InSight Crime turns its attention to El Salvador for the second installment of its investigative series, MS13 & Co...

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This week, InSight Crime turns its attention to El Salvador for the second installment of its investigative series, MS13 & Co. ([link removed]) , chronicling the Central American gang’s transformation from a band of exiles searching for a home to a nationwide criminal mafia, with a keen eye for new business ventures.

In other news, InSight Crime unpacks how Bolivia's drug czar ended up wanted by the DEA, how Brazil is again trying to pacify its favelas and whether Chile's lauded street-level antinarcotics policies have really made a difference.


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** The Omnipresent Business of the MS13 ([link removed])
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When strolling through Las Margaritas, a neighborhood of over 15,000 people in the city of Soyapango, El Salvador, crossing paths with the MS13 is all but assured. There, almost all facets of daily life are linked to the gang in one way or another.

If someone wants to buy the most essential of items, such as gasoline, they must go through the MS13, which distributes tanks full of fuel to local shops. If they want bread, the gang also provides, from one of at least three MS13 bakeries in the community. There are other bakeries, of course, but they buy their flour exclusively from the gang.

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** Fugitive Guatemala Minister Surrenders Amid Attacks on Justice System ([link removed])
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A fugitive former minister linked to a multi-million dollar cash seizure has turned himself over to Guatemalan...

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** More Questions than Clarity Following Former Anti-Drug Chief’s Arrest in Bolivia ([link removed])
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Authorities in Bolivia have arrested the Andean nation’s former anti-drug chief as he tried to flee...

Why did Venezuela's Peace Zones Backfire So Badly? ([link removed])
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Chile's Microtrafficking Zero Program: Success or Failure? ([link removed])
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Russia-Argentina Cocaine Plot Finally Resolved With Lengthy Convictions ([link removed])
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Brazil Tries to Reclaim Rio's Favelas - Ad Infinitum ([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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** MS13 ([link removed])
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The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, is perhaps the most notorious street gang in the Western Hemisphere. While it has its...
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** El Koki ([link removed])
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Carlos Luis Revete, alias "El Koki," is one of Venezuela’s most wanted criminals and leader of the “megabanda" that...


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"Colombia has arrested a number of narco sub manufacturers in recent years. Authorities seized 31 narco subs in 2021, a jump from 23 in 2019, according to InSight Crime.."
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** The World Trade Center of Cocaine
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A week after InSight Crime revealed ([link removed]) how the port of Santos in Brazil had become the “world trade center” for cocaine shipments, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), one of the world’s largest container transport firms, slashed ([link removed]) its operations at the port, due to fears of criminal penetration. MSC and numerous other shipping companies have been the repeated victims ([link removed]) of drug cartels sneaking billions of dollars’ worth of cocaine onto their cargo containers. InSight Crime’s report on the port of Santos was picked up by numerous media outlets in Brazil
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** InSight Crime Bolsters Factchecking Defenses
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InSight Crime recently held a writing and editing workshop for investigators, aimed at sourcing and factchecking discipline. InSight Crime, like many other media outlets, faces constant legal threats from subjects named in our stories, who seek to pressure us into taking copy down or shutting down investigations. No legal complaint presented against us has ever made it to court due to our rigorous sourcing and factchecking protocols.

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