This week, InSight Crime published its annual homicide round-up – and it makes for rather grim reading. 

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This week, InSight Crime published its annual homicide round-up – and it makes for rather grim reading. Violence worsened throughout Latin America and the Caribbean this past year, much of it driven by gangs, hired gunmen, and armed groups linked to organized crime. Making matters worse, officials appeared more concerned with manipulating figures for political purposes than accounting for death tolls and implementing meaningful strategies to reduce homicides.

Other notable reports from the region included a review of the challenges facing Honduras’ new security minister, who has previously taken on some of the country’s most infamous drug clans; a report on the how an increase in gasoline production in Venezuela is fueling black markets; and a look at how record drug seizures in Central America reveal which countries are feeding the cocaine pipeline to Europe.


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** InSight Crime's 2021 Homicide Round-Up ([link removed])
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In 2021, most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean experienced a marked increase in murders. Resurgent violence was to be expected after some of the world’s longest COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted.

Much of the population found themselves sinking deeper into poverty. With schools late to reopen, teenagers returned to the streets with little to do, making them prime targets for recruitment.

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** New Minister, But Security Challenges Await Honduras President ([link removed])
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The return of a former Honduran police chief who fled the country after arresting a string of top...

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** The Smuggler's Dilemma - Black Market Oil from Venezuela or Colombia ([link removed])
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Venezuela’s oil industry is beginning to make a muted recovery and the country’s black markets are reacting fast, with domestic fuel already...

Lime Crisis in Mexico as Cartels Target Farmers ([link removed])
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How Criminals Take Advantage of Venezuela's Food Aid System ([link removed])
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Journalist Attacks, Killings Spark Outrage in Mexico ([link removed])
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Are Arrests of Venezuela Officials For Show? ([link removed])
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Panama, Costa Rica: Major Waypoints For Cocaine to Europe ([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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** Cárteles Unidos ([link removed])
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The Cárteles Unidos (CU) is a criminal organization that was born out of an alliance between the Cartel de Tepalcatepec...
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** Choneros ([link removed])
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The Choneros is one of Ecuador’s most prominent criminal groups, which first emerged in the late 1990s as a drug...


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** Threats to the Netherlands, Citizen Security Challenges in the Caribbean
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Co-director Jeremy McDermott continued to highlight InSight Crime’s work to international agencies, giving a talk to some 130 Dutch officials and diplomats on the transnational organized crime threats to the Netherlands. He also spoke to more than 60 officers with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID ([link removed]) ) on citizen security challenges in the Caribbean, with recommendations on how to mitigate them.

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