Latin America
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In our February 15 Facebook Live session, Co-Director Steven Dudley, Senior Investigator Héctor Silva Ávalos and Senior Editor Mike LaSusa took a behind-the-scenes look at a groundbreaking new investigation of the MS13 by InSight Crime and American University’s Center for Latin American & Latino Studies… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime. Watch
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In our February 8 Facebook Live session, Senior Investigator Héctor Silva Ávalos and Senior Editor Mike LaSusa discussed the release of a major, groundbreaking investigation by InSight Crime that delves into the much-feared, yet little-understood MS13 gang… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime. Watch the full videos below. Part 1: Part 2:
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I was on Global Journalist along with César Muñoz of Human Rights Watch and Brad Brooks of Reuters talking about Brazil’s gang problems. It was a brief appearance because my airport internet died a few minutes into the interview. In any case, you can listen here or watch the full show below.
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In our January 25 Facebook Live session, InSight Crime Co-Director Jeremy McDermott and Senior Editor Mike LaSusa discussed our annual GameChangers series, covering the most important recent trends in organized crime in Latin America… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime. Watch the full video below:
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A process to select members of a commission that will help choose Guatemala’s next attorney general is about to begin. But recent reports and past history suggest powerful elites have already been maneuvering to shape the commission’s composition and recommendations in an effort to thwart a years-long anti-graft drive by the top prosecutor’s office… This
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