HeyJaredDeborah Bonello
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Fito's Wife and Daughter Captured in Colombia | On the Radar (opens the original)
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Ecuadorian and Colombian authorities captured the wife and daughter of former Choneros leader alias “Fito” in Santander, Colombia, the most recent strike against his family network. Also On the Radar: Chilean police say they have dismantled the PCC’s first cell in the country, and Colombia extradited Border Command leader alias “Araña” to the United States. The wife and daughter of José Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias “Fito,” the former leader of Ecuador’s Choneros, were captured in Sabana de Torr
The InSight Take: US Drug Certification: Law Enforcement or Politics? (opens the original)
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Why did the United States remove Venezuela from its drug blacklist while Colombia and Bolivia remain on it? In this InSight Take, we unpack what Washington’s latest counternarcotics designations reveal about shifting cocaine routes, regional politics, and the Trump administration’s increasingly militarized approach to drug trafficking in Latin America. Deborah Bonello: [00:00:04] Last week, the White House sent Congress its annual list of countries involved in the supply of illegal drugs and tho
The InSight Take: Colombia’s Total Peace: What Went Wrong and What Comes Next? (opens the original)
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Colombia’s armed groups nearly doubled in size during Gustavo Petro’s Total Peace plan. Managing Editor Deborah Bonello and Co-Founder Jeremy McDermott examine what it actually delivered, and whether President Abelardo de la Espriella’s militarized turn will do any better, when history suggests otherwise. Deborah Bonello: [00:00:01] When Gustavo Petro took office in August 2022, promising to negotiate an end to six decades of conflict, Colombia’s illegal armed groups had a little over 15,000 mem
Arrest of Jhonsson Pulpo Unlikely to Slow Peru’s Extortion Crisis (opens the original)
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Jhonsson Smit Cruz Torres, alias “Jhonsson Pulpo,” the alleged leader of the Peruvian criminal group the Pulpos, was arrested in Bolivia on September 1. His capture came days after his organization was accused by the police of orchestrating a violent kidnapping that dominated the headlines in Peru. The arrest could shake the group he led but promises to do little to stem the country’s extortion crisis. Peru’s government confirmed the capture of Jhonsson Pulpo in La Paz, which it said was the res
CJNG Regional Boss 'Tío Lako' Evades Capture Once More (opens the original)
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News that an alleged high-ranking Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG) boss slipped through the Mexican military’s net this week cast a spotlight on Heraclio Guerrero Martínez, alias “Tío Lako,” one of the organization’s most prominent regional power brokers in Michoacán. Mexican army special forces reportedly raided the communities of Tinaja de Vargas and Colesio, in the municipalities of Tanhuato and Ecuandureo, Michoacán, on August 19 in an operation targetin
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