This week, InSight Crime looks at the secretive world of cattle smuggling, with beef coming from Central America making its way onto consumers’ plates in Mexico and the United States via illegal networks. This new three-part series unveils the entire illegal cattle supply chain, as well as how it helps mask cocaine trafficking and money laundering.
Elsewhere, we look at how Guatemala has become an important staging post for the powerful Jalisco Cartel, just as the country’s justice system is further weakened with the re-election of a controversial Attorney General. New revelations show why El Salvador’s security gains are at risk, Mexican and Colombian envoys are helping to expand Europe’s cocaine and meth markets, while Peru is trying to get its hands on all the coca leaf it can.
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