This week, InSight Crime delves into the sticky question of forgiveness for Mexican cartel leaders, who perpetrate the violence that kills...
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This week, InSight Crime delves into the sticky question of forgiveness for Mexican cartel leaders, who perpetrate violence that kills thousands each year, including, most recently, two priests. Though President Andrés Manuel López Obrador once floated the idea of an “amnesty for narcos,” others say there will be “neither forgiveness nor forgetting.”
We also look at Mexico’s struggle to confront human trafficking networks as the number of victims increases. We spoke with Alejandra Miller, who led an investigation into violence committed by Colombia’s armed groups against women and members of the LGBTIQ+ community that was published in the Truth Commission’s long-awaited Final Report.
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** Plundered Oceans: IUU Fishing in South American Seas ([link removed])
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The second installment ([link removed]) of our multi-part series on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing investigation focuses on South America. In Ecuador, the fishing industry takes advantage of a legal loophole to export hundreds of tons of shark fins each year, while in Chile middlemen profit from contentious trading practices that plunder merluza fish populations beyond replenishment. We also highlight how Uruguay’s port of Montevideo has become the last port of call for dead fishing crewmembers, and how Argentina’s prodigious fishing grounds are exploited by international fishing fleets without control.
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1. Loopholes Fuel Shark Fin Trade in Ecuador ([link removed])
2. The Merluza Mafia: Middlemen Profit Off Cod Catch in Chile ([link removed])
3. At Uruguay's Port of Montevideo, a Deadly Circle of Fishing and Labor Abuse ([link removed])
4. Plunder and Danger on Argentina's Sea Shelf ([link removed])
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** ‘Forgiveness’ and the Sticky Question of Justice in Mexico ([link removed])
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From narco-sanctioned music to secret videos and public banners, some Mexican drug traffickers have asked for forgiveness. But after decades of violence that, most recently, led to the murder of two Catholic priests, will Mexicans ever be ready to forgive?
It is about 90 seconds into what is a typical ranchera-homage, or narcocorrido, of Ovidio Guzmán -- one of three brothers known collectively as the Chapitos, a faction of the modern-day iteration of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel -- when the lead singer of the group, Código FN, suddenly feels the need for an aside.
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** How Colombia's Conflict Intensified Violence Against Women and the LGBTIQ+ Community ([link removed])
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The testimonies of women and LGBTIQ+ persons in Colombia have revealed the disproportionate...
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** Human Trafficking Victims Grow as Mexico Government Strategy Falters ([link removed])
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The number of reported human trafficking victims is on the rise in Mexico, as government officials...
How COVID-19 Reshaped Cocaine and Marijuana Trafficking in Brazil ([link removed])
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Police Murdered and Burning Courthouses: Haiti’s Judiciary Under Assault ([link removed])
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Brokers and US Banks: How Honduras’ Atlantic Cartel Laundered Millions ([link removed])
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“Narco-Tanks”: Vehicle of Choice for Patrolling Mexico's Criminal Landscape ([link removed])
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The Rise of Haiti's Violent Rural Gangs ([link removed])
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Gang Killings of Bus Drivers Paralyzes Colombia’s Fourth City ([link removed])
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** Oceans Pillaged in Central America and the Caribbean
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Last week, InSight Crime published the first installment of a nine-part investigation uncovering the hidden depths of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in Latin America. The first installment covered Central America and the Caribbean, and received region-wide coverage, including in Suriname, where it was cited by De West ([link removed]) and Starnieuws ([link removed]) . It was also cited in Panama, by La Prensa ([link removed]) and Revista Concolón ([link removed]) , as well as in Argentina by El Cronista ([link removed]) .
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This week, Venezuela’s El Pitazo ([link removed]) covered our investigation, while InSight Crime Co-founder Jeremy McDermott was interviewed by Venezuelan radio station, La Romántica ([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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The now-jailed former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín Guzmán Loera, alias “El Chapo,” reportedly had many children...
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** 400 Mawozo ([link removed])
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The 400 Mawozo (400 Lame Men) gang is currently the largest active criminal group in Haiti. Led by Joseph Wilson, alias “Lanmò...
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"There are three reasons that cocaine is so often moved in banana shipments."
Co-Director Jeremy McDermott on how bananas became a favored cargo for moving cocaine.
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