12/08/2018 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Capture of Venezuela Mega-Gang in Peru is Ominous Sign for Region
The recent capture of several members of a Venezuela criminal group in Peru illustrates how criminals in the troubled Andean nation are migrating and sometimes carrying their criminal habits with them.
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08/08/2018 | Transparencia
Venezuela and El Salvador: Exporting Aid and Corruption
José Luis Merino is one of the most powerful figures in El Salvador’s governing political party and played a key role in the founding of ALBA Petróleos, a subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A., whose business network has made many Salvadoran elites wealthy but also has ties to corruption and other crimes.
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03/08/2018 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
The New Criminal Group Hitting Mexico’s CJNG Where It Hurts
A new criminal group is challenging one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels on its home turf of Guadalajara, provoking a wave of violence in the city.
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17/07/2018 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia and Venezuela: Criminal Siamese Twins
Colombia and Venezuela have shared criminal dynamics for decades. Colombia has pushed cocaine through Venezuela on its journey to US and European markets, while Venezuela’s contraband fuel has gushed in the other direction. But today the criminal links are far more complex and increasingly symbiotic.
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