Latin America
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A federal jury in Texas convicted a former Zetas leader of multiple crimes committed in Mexico, underscoring a broader trend of the United States prosecuting foreign suspects for crimes committed abroad… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Evolving relationships between criminal and paramilitary actors in several areas of Colombia could complicate efforts to establish concentration zones intended to facilitate the demobilization of the country’s largest guerrilla group as a historic peace process continues to unfold… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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The judge handling the biggest political graft case in Brazil‘s history says “systemic corruption” has generated “enormous” costs for the country, adding that institutional factors have complicated efforts to address the issue… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Mexico is currently in the process of implementing historic changes to its criminal justice system, but the planned reforms include due process exceptions in organized crime cases that could undermine the initiative’s intent… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Honduran Security Minister Julián Pacheco says the country’s drug trafficking groups have begun a process of reorganization following recent arrests and extraditions of powerful underworld players, mirroring a pattern observed in other countries across the region… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
Mike LaSusa 