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The discovery of new evidence linked to a deceased witness in the case of Marcelo Pecci, a prominent Paraguayan anti-mafia ...

In just five days, bloodshed has been reported across three Colombian departments -- from the remote Amazon jungle in the ...

Regression discontinuity estimates show this policy generated reductions in formal-sector employment and a corresponding spike in organized crime, but no effects on crimes of impulse or opportunity.

Organized crime no longer seeks to overthrow governments ... Juan Carlos Pinzón is a former minister of Defense of Colombia and twice served as Colombia’s ambassador to the U.S. He is a ...

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, and raised in the picturesque region of Boyacá, Colombian army Col. Dedfor Bravo Gonzalez serves ...

At least 39 people have been killed in violence involving leftwing guerillas near Colombia's restive border with Venezuela ..

Thousands of people have disappeared in Latin America during decades-long conflicts. Many have never been found, presumed to ...

As migration exploded, the gang first started controlling crossings on the Colombia-Venezuela border ... situation in Mexico told InSight Crime. "Organized crime groups saw a ripe opportunity ...

Khanna, Gaurav, Carlos Medina, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge A. Tamayo. Formal Employment and Organized Crime: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Colombia. Working Paper no. 26203. NBER Working Paper ...