Colombia has elected its first ever left-wing president, Gustavo Petro. This week, InSight Crime looks at what Petro’s Colombia might look like.
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Colombia has elected its first ever left-wing president, Gustavo Petro. This week, InSight Crime looks at what Petro’s Colombia might look like, examining his top security challenges, from drug trafficking to deforestation. We consider whether a return to peace talks with Marxist rebels is likely, or if he might be so bold as to legalize coca production.
Elsewhere, we look at how one of Latin America’s foremost drug traffickers, Brazilian Sergio Roberto de Carvalho, was finally tracked to a luxury Budapest bolt hole, at why Mexican cities are struggling without essential food items, and at a unique type of criminal group – an Indigenous motorcycle gang.
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** Five Security Challenges for Gustavo Petro, Colombia's Next President ([link removed])
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For the first time, Colombia has elected a leftist president in Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla fighter who has pledged a clean break with what he sees as the confrontational, violent policies of his predecessor. However, the country’s security landscape will not change overnight.
Colombia has voted for change in Petro. But, in terms of the fight against organized crime, what shape will this change take?
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** Could Gustavo Petro Legalize Coca and Cocaine in Colombia? ([link removed])
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A controversial bill proposing the legalization of the coca leaf and its derivatives, such as cocaine, is gaining traction in Colombia...
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No Chicken, No Tortillas – How Mexican Cities Are Deprived of Staple Foods ([link removed])
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Criminal Arsenals Full After Brazil Made it Easier to Legally Buy Guns ([link removed])
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The National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional - ELN) is one of the two main guerrilla armies...
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Jobanis de Jesús Ávila Villadiego, alias "Chiquito Malo," is the current commander of the Urabeños, one of Colombia’s most...
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Inside the criminal career of Memo Fantasma
In March 2020, InSight Crime revealed ([link removed]) the identity and whereabouts of Memo Fantasma, a paramilitary commander and drug trafficker living in luxury in Madrid. This remains our most-read report ever.
After more than two years of further investigation with access to over a dozen of Memo Fantasma’s criminal associates, InSight Crime is set to publish a new series on the now-imprisoned Guillermo Acevedo, or Memo Fantasma, detailing his entire criminal history.
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Brazil’s Pablo Escobar
InSight Crime was the first English-language media to report ([link removed]) the arrest in Hungary of Brazilian drug trafficker, Sergio Roberto de Carvalho, earlier this week. Over multiple years, de Carvalho evaded authorities with a flair to rival any movie villain, dispatching drugs from Brazil to three continents, maintaining multiple false identities, hiding his money in half a dozen countries and even faking his own death.
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