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In our March 30 Facebook Live session, Senior Investigator Deborah Bonello and Senior Editor Mike LaSusa discussed some of the main stories that we covered this week: a wave of recent violence against journalists in Mexico, the importance of tackling illicit financial flows in the fight against organized crime, and a brewing narco war on
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A recent report suggests Mexico‘s state oil company lost at least $1.5 billion to fuel theft last year, a figure that underscores the massive and growing scale of this criminal activity… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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The capture of a leader of Mexico‘s Beltran Leyva Organization is set to further the ongoing fragmentation of one of the country’s most powerful criminal groups, which could in turn lead to increased violence in certain areas… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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This week marks ten years since Mexico‘s government embarked on a militarized campaign against the country’s criminal organizations, but while many criminal leaders have been captured or killed, a decade of confrontation has failed to substantially improve the nation’s security situation… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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The presidents of Colombia and Mexico have promised to deepen cooperation on matters of organized crime and security as both countries continue to struggle with longstanding problems related to criminal groups… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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