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This week, we publish InSight Crime's 2022 Homicide Round-Up ([link removed]) , where we provide an overview of last year’s murder statistics across the region. In this round-up, we include several smaller islands of the Caribbean, where tit-for-tat gang killings ([link removed]) have driven a sharp increase in violence. We also review the region’s traditional homicide hotspots, including Mexico ([link removed]) , Colombia ([link removed]) , and Brazil ([link removed]) , and cast an eye to El Salvador ([link removed]-) , where a harsh anti-gang clampdown has significantly reduced murders at the cost of allegedly
systematic human rights abuses.
InSight Crime's 2022 Homicide Round-Up
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In other news, we analyze El Salvador’s “Iron Fist” ([link removed]) [link removed] to address street gangs like the MS13. The state of emergency declared in March last year has become permanent, and while security has undeniably improved, experts are concerned that gangs could return if the underlying conditions that produce them are not addressed. Lastly, we analyze the impact of record cocaine seizures ([link removed]) made last year in Colombia and discuss whether increasing profits from the country’s drug trade could pose an obstacle to plans for peace ([link removed]) .
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** Is Nayib Bukele's 'Iron Fist' in El Salvador Working? ([link removed]-)
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After the influential and well-sourced publication El Faro declared that El Salvador’s controversial President Nayib Bukele had “disarticulate(d)” the country’s gangs, is it time to revisit the question: Does mano dura work?
Before reaching its finding, El Faro said it had spent 10 months visiting 14 communities, most of which it called “impenetrable” prior to March 2022. That was when, at the behest of the president, El Salvador’s Congress declared a state of emergency following some 92 homicides in a three-day spate of gang-led violence.
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** Record Cocaine Seizures in Colombia as Government Negotiates with Traffickers ([link removed])
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Colombia seized 671 tons of cocaine in 2022, worth over $16 billion at US wholesale prices....
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** From Worst to Best: Anti-Money Laundering Capabilities in Latin America ([link removed])
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The latest Basel Institute Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Index bookends its Americas' rankings...
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** Violence Against Women Regular Tactic for Venezuela Criminal Groups ([link removed])
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The latest figures on femicides in Venezuela show organized crime is one of the main drivers...
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** InSight Crime on El País Podcast
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This week, InSight Crime co-founder, Jeremy McDermott, was among experts featured in an El País podcast ([link removed]) on the progress of Colombia’s nascent peace process.
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InSight Crime’s managing editor, Chris Dalby, appeared on the Shaun Attwood podcast ([link removed]) alongside author Toby Muse. Dalby discussed criminal dynamics in Latin America and the growth of the global cocaine market.
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And our coverage of Caribbean nations calling for the United States to do more to reduce arms trafficking has entered into the region’s discussion on critical security after being shared ([link removed]) by a law enforcement professional in Trinidad & Tobago.
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Profiles of some of the notable criminal personalities and groups that have marked this week.
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** PCC ([link removed])
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The First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) was inspired...
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** Carlos Capa Gang ([link removed])
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The Carlos Capa gang, which is named for the alias of its leader...
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"These armed groups that travel down the Caquetá River are, according to an investigation by InSight Crime, part of the major organized crime groups of Brazil … that control illicit trade in their countries and the drug trafficking routes to Europe."
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