InSight Crime

1 week ago | insightcrime.org | Juan Jaramillo

Una serie de atentados con granadas fragmentarias en varias zonas de Bogotá es el último síntoma de un aumento de violencia donde se entremezclan las disputas por rentas criminales y la expansión de bandas extranjeras. En la mañana del 2 de abril, los vecinos de un barrio al oeste de Bogotá, Colombia, vieron interrumpida su tranquilidad cuando una granada explotó y afectó a varias personas que transitaban por el lugar.

1 week ago | insightcrime.org | Juan Jaramillo

A series of recent grenade attacks around various parts of Colombia’s capital city of Bogotá is the latest sign of an uptick in violence linked to ongoing battles for control of criminal economies and the expansion of foreign crime groups. The latest grenade explosion rattled residents in the west of Bogotá on April 2. The device exploded next to an informal transport driver who was injured in the attack alongside six other people.

2 weeks ago | insightcrime.org | Mike LaSusa

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ha puesto a la banda criminal de origen venezolano, el Tren de Aragua, en el centro del huracán de sus políticas antimigratorias. Pero con tantas noticias sobre la organización, puede ser difícil distinguir la realidad de la ficción. Aquí presentamos lo que realmente se necesita saber sobre la banda que se ha convertido en uno de los grupos criminales más notorios del mundo.

2 weeks ago | insightcrime.org | Mike LaSusa

US President Donald Trump has put the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua at the center of his immigration enforcement efforts. But with so much news about the group, it can be difficult to separate fact from fiction. Here, we break down what you really need to know about the gang that has quickly become one of the world’s most infamous crime groups. Many Venezuelans who have been arrested or deported for allegedly belonging to Tren de Aragua say they were targeted because of their tattoos.

3 weeks ago | insightcrime.org | Mario Saiz |Beatriz Fernandez |Beatriz Fernández

The seizure of the largest-ever cocaine shipment transported via a narco submarine in Europe underscores the increasing sophistication and effectiveness of a method used by drug traffickers to move cocaine from South America. The Portuguese navy intercepted a submarine on March 25, which was carrying 6.5 tons of cocaine about 925 kilometers south of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean.