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The United States justified the Maduro arrest as a law enforcement action intended to take down the leader of a powerful criminal organization. But US officials have offered evolving and sometimes contradictory descriptions of the so-called cartel that Maduro allegedly headed… Read this article in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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The arrest of Nicolás Maduro marks a new chapter for organized crime in Venezuela. The country’s slew of criminal groups will have to adjust their operations and alliances amid a political shakeup that is certain to have impacts across the underworld… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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I participated in the launch event for a major investigation on Tren de Aragua, which I edited and for which I wrote a chapter on the gang’s US presence. You can watch the launch event here:
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Tren de Aragua has little chance of building criminal power in the United States with so much law enforcement and public attention focused on it. Still, the Trump administration’s ongoing criminal and immigration enforcement efforts could reshape the nature of the gang in the United States and how US-based nodes of Tren de Aragua interact…
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An official recently appointed to a leadership post in the US Department of Defense previously led a think tank that published false reports of Tren de Aragua activities in the United States, contributing to misinformation about the threat posed by the gang… This article was co-authored with María Belén López Conte. Read it in its…
Mike LaSusa 