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February 25, 2022 ([link removed])

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This week, InSight Crime is proud to announce the launch of our Venezuela Organized Crime Observatory ([link removed]) , where we map the country’s most recent criminal events, profile its most prominent criminals, and deliver the best of InSight Crime’s Venezuela-focused coverage.

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To accompany the launch, we have a review of Venezuela’s ten strongest criminal organizations ([link removed]) , ranking them based on 38 indicators, including their use of violence, criminal alliances, and penetration of the state.

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In other news, we chronicle one priest’s resistance ([link removed]) to the Jalisco Cartel New Generation in Mexico’s Tierra Caliente region. The priest, a leader in his small town, has refused to leave his congregation despite death threats from the cartel who dominate methamphetamine production in the area.

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** Venezuela's Organized Crime Top 10 for 2023 ([link removed])
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Venezuela’s organized crime groups and networks have evolved rapidly over the last decade, exploiting social and political crises that have wracked the country while benefiting from a criminally corrupt government that has turned Venezuela into a mafia state...

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** Launch: Venezuela Organized Crime Observatory
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Venezuela has emerged as one of the most important regional hubs of organized crime as local and transnational armed groups and criminal networks have proliferated, strengthened, and evolved in lockstep with the emergence of a mafia state under the presidency of Nicolás Maduro.

At the Observatory, we map and analyze ([link removed]) the most important events in Venezuelan organized crime. Over a year’s worth of events have already been mapped, and numerous criminal actors profiled ([link removed]) . The Observatory will be updated weekly.

For the moment, the Observatory is only available in English. All featured content ([link removed]) is available at insightcrime.org

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** How a Priest in Mexico Resists the CJNG’s Incursions ([link removed])
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It was around midday when the armed gunmen entered the chapel...

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** Prescription Pills Laced with Meth, Fentanyl Sold in Northern Mexico Pharmacies: Report ([link removed])
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Pharmacies in several cities in northwestern Mexico are selling counterfeit prescription pills laced...

Guatemala Sees Record Coca, But No Cocaine ([link removed])
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All of Colombia's Marijuana Is 'Creepy,' Until It Isn't ([link removed])
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Brazil Case Illustrates Struggle With Corrupt Police ([link removed])


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** Homicide Round-Up Cited Globally
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Last week, we launched InSight Crime's 2022 Homicide Round-Up ([link removed]) . The annual round-up, often a reference piece for international media throughout the year, was once again widely circulated and cited.

InSight Crime co-director, Jeremy McDermott, was interviewed by France24 ([link removed]) on the region’s homicide epidemic, while our managing editor, Chris Dalby, was interviewed by regional channel NTN24 ([link removed]) and Chile's Tele13 Radio ([link removed]) .

Additionally, Spain’s El Diario ([link removed]) newspaper, Mexico’s El Universal ([link removed]) , Venezuela’s Runrunes ([link removed]) , and Dagblad Suriname ([link removed]) all cited the Round-Up.

Our homicide figures were also tweeted ([link removed]) by a prominent regional analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit in Latin America, Nicolás Saldías.

Read InSight Crime's 2022 Homicide Round-Up here > ([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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** Niño Guerrero
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Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias “Niño Guerrero," is the leader of Tren de Aragua, Venezuela's...
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** Las Claritas Sindicato
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Autoridades de Brasil han identificado a miembros de una “megabanda”...


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