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Reports of Zetas-MS-13 Alliance in Guatemala Unfounded - InSight Crime
An April 7 report from the Associated Press, based on an anonymous source and statements by an Interior Ministry official, says the Zetas are trying to integrate members of the feared Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) into their criminal network, ...
April 17, 2012


Desperate Measures? Honduras Considers Blurring Military-Police Role - InSight Crime
An anonymous source close to Arita told EFE that the director resigned due to a lack of the political and economic support necessary for the institution to operate successfully. His resignation may have been related to the directorate's accidental ...
March 28, 2012


Gulf Cartel Boss Exploits Turmoil in Northeast Mexico - InSight Crime
According to an anonymous source, Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez, alias "El Coss," has since focused on setting his rivals up to be arrested or killed by government forces, allowing him to emerge as the top leader of the group.
February 14, 2012


How Chapo Used US Agencies to Fight Rival Cartels - InSight Crime
... notorious criminal groups, but have since turned into witnesses for the US government: former corrupt Juarez police officer Jose Manuel Fierro Mendez, Guzman's old lawyer Humberto Loya Castro, and an anonymous source with whom the author spoke.
February 1, 2012


Drug Violence Forces Narco-Refugees into US - InSight Crime
An anonymous source recently told journalist Jorge Zepeda Patterson that the number of students at the prestigious Tec de Monterrey, a mega-campus that has served as a significant draw to the area, has dropped by more than 25 percent in the past year ...
October 17, 2011


Druglord 'El Chapo' Moves Operations to Argentina: Reports - InSight Crime
Quoting an anonymous source in the Argentine government, Noticias Argentinas said that Guzman began living in the country with his wife and stepdaughter in 2010. The fugitive only moved on early this year after being alerted that the Drug Enforcement ...
May 27, 2011


Druglord 'El Chapo' Lived in Argentina: Reports - InSight Crime
Quoting an anonymous source in the Argentine government, Noticias Argentinas said that Guzman began living in the country with his wife and stepdaughter in 2010. The fugitive only moved on early this year after being alerted that the Drug Enforcement ...
May 27, 2011


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