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This week, InSight Crime uncovers ties ([link removed]) between El Salvador's attorney general, Rodolfo Delgado, and a businessman who allegedly laundered money for the formidable street gang MS13. In a collaborative report with Salvadoran outlet El Faro ([link removed]) , we explain how as a private defense attorney, Delgado had defended the alleged money launder. Upon being named AG, Delgado’s first act was to disband the unit responsible for investigating his former client and name the judge who exonerated him as his number two.

We also visit a methamphetamine lab ([link removed]) in the state of Sinaloa -- the epicenter of synthetic drug production in Mexico -- and chronicle the environmental damage synthetic drug production causes. And, we sit down ([link removed]) with VICE News’ Keegan Hamilton to discuss a recent investigation that looks into claims that the purity of cocaine in the United States is declining.


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** El Salvador's Attorney General Worked for Top MS13 Ally ([link removed])
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Over a 22-year career in El Salvador's Attorney General's Office, Rodolfo Delgado held some of the most critical positions in the country's judiciary, including heading the anti-organized crime unit and serving as an advisor to the attorney general. In 2018, after leaving the government, he defended Jorge Manuel Vega Knight, a man accused of being a collaborator for the MS13 and who was later acquitted. In May 2021, Delgado was named Attorney General. One of his first actions in this new role was to dismantle the Special Investigation Commission (Comisión Especial de Investigación), a group of prosecutors who investigated his former client...

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** Methamphetamine Production in Mexico is Toxic for the Environment ([link removed])
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It is over 33 degrees Celsius, and a strong smell of dead animals pollutes the fresh air in the Western Sierra ...

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** Is the Quality of Cocaine Worse in the United States than in Europe? ([link removed])
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A new report has investigated claims that the purity of cocaine available in North America is decreasing, speaking to drug users, traffickers ...

Why Money Launderers in Honduras May Be Getting Away With It ([link removed])
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How Illegal Logging Became National Security Crisis in Chile ([link removed])
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InSight Crime Presents Side Events at UN Organized Crime Conference ([link removed])
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Murder Record Broken in Northern Ecuador as Gang Feuds Fuel Violence ([link removed])
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Countdown Begins to Trial of Mexico's Former Security Minister ([link removed])


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InSight Crime Co-director Steven Dudley was interviewed for the podcast The Rosenberg Case: A Tale of Murder, Corruption, and Conspiracy in Guatemala, which explores the potential involvement of then president, Álvaro Colom, in the murder of an influential Guatemalan lawyer. Listen to it here ([link removed]) .
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InSight Crime Managing Editor Chris Dalby was also interviewed by The World, an international affairs radio program that reaches 3 million listeners a day in the United States, about organized crime in Uruguay. Listen to it here ([link removed]) .

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Meanwhile, our other co-director, Jerry McDermott, was featured in a video piece produced by The Economist ([link removed]) on Belgium, Europe's new cocaine capital.

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Profiles of some of the notable criminal personalities and groups that have marked this week.

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Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado, Honduras’ former president, is facing trial on US drug ...
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** Sinaloa Cartel ([link removed])
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The Sinaloa Cartel, often described as the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization ...


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