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As the United States continues its military pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, I’ve been struck by the relative lack of discussion about one of the regime’s most important criminal allies: the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN). Read this article in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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The world has been watching for weeks to see if the United States will escalate its militarized anti-drug mission in the Caribbean into a direct intervention aimed at toppling the regime of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, prompting intense debate about the wisdom and potential impacts of such an action… Read this piece in its entirety…
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In a week with a lot of big organized crime news, I found my attention drawn to something that almost passed under the radar: an interview by the Spanish newspaper El País with Albert Ramdin, the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS). Read this article in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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I talked with my colleague Beatriz Vicent about the Pulpos gang at the center of Peru’s extortion crisis — who they are and how they operate. Watch the full conversation here:
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Following the deadly anti-gang raid in Rio de Janeiro last week that left a triple-digit body count, I’ve been thinking about the influence of the US shift toward treating Latin America’s organized crime groups as “terrorists.” Read this article in its entirety at InSight Crime.
Mike LaSusa 