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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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  • A new war between Brazil’s two biggest crime groups has contributed to escalating violence across the country, which authorities are struggling to contain due to flawed crime control policies as well as ongoing political and economic uncertainty… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • In our November 2 Facebook Live session, senior investigator Héctor Silva Ávalos and senior editor Mike LaSusa spoke about InSight Crime’s new investigation of the criminal ties of José Elías Hernández, the former mayor of Apopa, El Salvador… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime. Watch the full video below:

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