Latin America
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The killing of an opposition politician in Venezuela highlights the difficulty of distinguishing criminal violence from electoral intimidation in the country’s notoriously divisive political climate… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Authorities have linked several recent murders in the Washington, DC area to alleged members of Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, suggesting the organization’s El Salvador-based leadership may be moving to consolidate its relationship with US-based “cliques”. Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Unfortunately, the U.S. congress has not made itself subject to the Freedom of Information Act. So if you want to know, for example, what James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), Jack Kingston (R-Georgia), Rob Woodall (R-Georgia), Patrick Meehan (R-Pennsylvania), John Carney (D-Delaware), and Joseph Kennedy III (D-Massachusetts) were up to during their official visit to Central America from…
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Following allegations that Sinaloa Cartel head Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman flew his way to safety in Venezuela, InSight Crime created a pair of interactive maps showing the reported whereabouts over the past several months of one of the world’s most wanted criminals. Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
Mike LaSusa 