InSight Crime
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15 years of research and analysis on organized crime and corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Medellín, Colombia / Washington, DC
Joined June 2010
#NewInvestigation | Peace Never Had a Chance: Colombia’s ELN in Venezuela:
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This investigation looks at the growth of the ELN in Venezuela and how this has allowed the rebel group to project itself into Colombia.
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The #ELN has consolidated its control over much of the border between Venezuela and Colombia, and is profiting from the enormous quantity of cocaine passing across. Read our new investigation: https://t.co/Wltcq3AYRj
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🇧🇴 | Bolivia has arrested former President Luis Arce on allegations he diverted hundreds of millions of dollars from a fund meant for Indigenous communities. Learn more about corruption investigations and the challenges facing Bolivia's new administration: https://t.co/8dAupqH3Pp
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🇨🇱 | The December 14 presidential election will define Chile’s direction in tackling insecurity. For more information on the candidates and their proposals, read our full analysis here: https://t.co/mtOC778GAZ
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🇺🇸 🇪🇨 | The US State Dept. has offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of Francisco Manuel Bermúdez Cagua, also known as “Churrón." The alleged Choneros leader was close to the group's jailed former boss, Fito. Find out more here:
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🇭🇳 #JOH | The 2018 arrest of Juan Orlando’s brother, Tony Hernández, a former congressman linked to major cocaine-trafficking networks, opened the door to US investigations that later implicated and helped convict the former president. Now Trump has pardoned JOH. Read more.
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Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernández Alvarado is a former Honduran congressman, the brother of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández and a convicted drug trafficker sentenced in the United States...
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🇨🇱 | Drug trafficking is driving insecurity in Antofagasta in northern Chile, as evidenced by the record 38 tons of drugs seized in 2025. But what else is behind a deteriorating security situation in northern Chile? https://t.co/PENrRNSU9I
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As his alleged criminal business partners have fallen, Sebastián Marset continues to evade authorities around the world despite giving media interviews. Learn more about his associates and the accusation he’s facing: https://t.co/ELqc2V6ato
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🇵🇪 | With Peru facing increasing organized crime-related insecurity, a US delegation has arrived aiming to diagnose the issues driving it. Can Peru’s interim president win his “war on crime?” Read more here: https://t.co/W9yILwQ2kE
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📆InSight Crime’s GameChangers 2025 series is out on December 22, marking ten years of documenting the shifts reshaping organized crime. On January 9, donors will join our co-directors and top editors for an exclusive panel discussing what these trends signal for 2026. Secure
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🌎 | Latin America saw a record surge in organized crime-related violence in 2025, with 14,800+ attacks on civilians and 5,000+ deaths in clashes with state forces, according to new ACLED data. Read our coverage of regional violence trends: https://t.co/d8epIaQ2la
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🇻🇪 | The arrest of three individuals at a camp allegedly run by the R Organization suggests a breakdown in the relationship between the gang and Venezuelan security forces. Read more in the #VenezuelaObservatory: https://t.co/DLA6Za5Ny7
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🇵🇾 | A record seizure in Paraguay exposed possible corruption related to international marijuana trafficking, as institutions fight among themselves, frustrating anti-trafficking operations. Read our latest: https://t.co/QoxRPgRfO9
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🇭🇹 | Haiti’s police say 230 new Kenyan officers have arrived as the country faces renewed gang violence. At least 49 people were killed in recent clashes involving Viv Ansanm. Explore our full Haiti reporting: https://t.co/6UvGKJNLZz
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👉 In 2025, we observed major shifts in cocaine trafficking — including new maritime corridors and emerging regional actors. Your donation ensures we can keep documenting these dynamics in 2026: https://t.co/31R3v9XGhM
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🇨🇴 | Colombia’s Catatumbo region, with its extensive coca crops, cocaine laboratories, and clandestine airstrips, is essential to the ELN. The revenue it generates could sustain the group’s operations for years. Read more:
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The Venezuelan border region and alliances with Maduro have been strategic in the ELN’s 2025 takeover of Colombia’s Catatumbo.
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🇭🇳 #JOH | While Juan Orlando Hernández projected himself as a close US ally against organized crime, DEA investigations documented alleged ties to groups that moved hundreds of tons of cocaine. His recent pardon has brought those findings back into focus. Read about this case.
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Juan Orlando Hernández, was the first Central American president to be accused, tried, and convicted of drug trafficking in the United States
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🇻🇪 | As Venezuelan oppositon leader María Corina Machado received her Nobel Peace Prize, the UN detailed a decade of human rights abuses. How have Venezuelan security forces become a criminal threat? https://t.co/caEaqrwybu
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Co-director @JerryMcDermott was on @BluRadio to discuss how the ELN's presence in Venezuela and its relationship with Nicolás Maduro's government are hindering any real progress towards peace in Colombia. Read our new investigation: https://t.co/aAuRlnSlvh
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🇦🇷 | Authorities in Argentina presented a massive recent seizure of nearly 10 tons of marijuana as a historic blow to organized crime, but it actually highlighted a recurring smuggling dynamic on the South American country’s northern border. Find out more: https://t.co/16mjr7OuAs
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🇨🇱 | The northern Chilean region of Antofagasta has doubled last year’s record drug seizure total. What other factors are driving insecurity in the north of the country?
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A study has analyzed the security crisis in northern Chile, a region pivotal to transnational organized crime.
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