This week, former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández found himself shackled and in a bulletproof vest after the United States
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This week, former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández found himself shackled and in a bulletproof vest after the United States requested his extradition on drug charges. InSight Crime looks at his spectacular downfall, from strongman US ally to alleged trafficker working with a network that moved up to 500 tons of cocaine. His arrest comes just weeks after he left the country’s top office.
Other highlights this week include a top Panamanian gang boss captured in Costa Rica; a look at the long criminal career of a Colombian drug lord who found new opportunity with his former enemies; and a pair of corpses hanging from a bridge – not in Mexico but Ecuador.
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** Former Honduras President Accused of Drug Conspiracy That Moved 500 Tons of Cocaine ([link removed])
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With the arrest of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández on drug charges, US prosecutors have brought down a powerful figure once considered a US ally, but who later emerged as a lynchpin in what they allege amounted to state-sponsored trafficking.
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** Bodies Hanging from Bridges - Where Mexico Led, Ecuador Follows ([link removed])
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The discovery of two bodies hanging from a bridge in Ecuador may be the starkest sign yet of the country’s accelerated spiral into violence...
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** 'Invisible’ Drug Trafficker Joins Forces with Former Enemies in Colombia ([link removed])
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An "invisible" Colombian drug lord whose criminal history dates to the country's former paramilitary army has been revealed to have set up drug...
Safehouses, Bodyguards and Fake ID - Panama's Top Drug Trafficker on the Run ([link removed])
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What Will Come of Peru Jailing Shark Fin Traffickers for First Time? ([link removed])
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Targeted Killings: The Favored Modus Operandi of Paraguay's Drug Gangs ([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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Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernández Alvarado is a former Honduran congressman, the brother of the...
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** Bagdad ([link removed])
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Bagdad, along with its rival Calor Calor, is one of Panama’s two main gang federations, consisting of 30-40 smaller gangs...
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** MS13 & Co.
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Though the mere mention of the MS13 still conjures an image of warring, tattooed gang members, the reality is that the group now functions more like a mafia. This week, InSight Crime wraps up an investigation ([link removed]) that goes inside the MS13’s activities in four countries: Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico.
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A product of myriad interviews, the series tells the recent history of this notorious street gang through the voices of members themselves.
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