Rasquiña’s Revolution: How the Choneros Took Ecuador’s Prisons
Since taking office, US President Donald Trump has designated more than a dozen Latin American criminal groups as terrorist organizations. And various countries around the region have followed suit.In this episode, we head to Ecuador for a look at one of those groups. Even before Trump’s election, the Ecuadorian government had declared the country was in an internal conflict with narcoterrorist groups. This story dives deep into the evolution of the group that started it all, the Choneros, and tells the tale of how the roots of Ecuador’s security crisis can be traced to one criminal visionary. Rasquiña’s Revolution: How the Choneros Took Ecuador’s Prisons | Written and read by James Bargent.Visit insightcrime.org for more information.
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Pandillas y narcos: el vértice de todos los males en Tapachula, México
Desde que asumió el cargo, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ha designado a más de una docena de grupos criminales latinoamericanos como organizaciones terroristas. Esta medida cumple dos objetivos: resaltar el riesgo que estos grupos representan para Estados Unidos y ampliar las herramientas y políticas que pueden usarse en su contra.En este episodio, nos dirigimos al sur de México, para contar una historia que involucra a cuatro de los grupos criminales que Estados Unidos ha calificado como organizaciones terroristas. Esta es la historia del cambio de guardia criminal en Tapachula, México, y de una amistad improbable entre dos hombres que pertenecen a las bandas rivales Mara Salvatrucha (o MS13) y Barrio 18.Pandillas y narcos: el vértice de todos los males en Tapachula, México | Escrito por Bryan Avelar y leído por Creusa Muñoz.Visite insightcrime.org para más información.
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Abusado y perseguido: cómo el régimen de excepción de El Salvador se internacionalizó
Bajo el gobierno del presidente Nayib Bukele, El Salvador se ha convertido en el modelo de una política de mano dura para combatir el crimen organizado, que gobiernos desde Estados Unidos hasta Ecuador y Argentina buscan emular.A pesar de denuncias de arrestos arbitrarios, juicios injustos, condiciones inhumanas en prisión —incluso torturas y ejecuciones extrajudiciales— pocos cuestionan la campaña antipandillas. Ni siquiera quienes abandonan El Salvador logran escapar de su alcance. Esta es la historia de un joven que, aunque no era perfecto, no tenía antecedentes de vínculos con pandillas, pero fue perseguido incluso después de haber dejado el país.Abusado y perseguido: cómo el régimen de excepción de El Salvador se internacionalizó | Escrito y leído por Carlos García.Visite insightcrime.org para más información.
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Abused and Pursued: How El Salvador’s State of Emergency Went International
Under President Nayib Bukele, El Salvador has become the model of a hardline, or “mano dura,” approach to combatting organized crime, with governments from the United States to Ecuador to Argentina emulating its vision for security. Despite reports of arbitrary arrests, unfair trials, and inhumane conditions in prison — even torture and extrajudicial executions — few question the anti-gang campaign. Even those who leave El Salvador cannot escape its grasp. This is the story of one young man, who, while not perfect, had no documented history with gangs, but yet was pursued even after he left El Salvador.Abused and Pursued: How El Salvador’s State of Emergency Went International | Written by Carlos García and read by Steven Dudley.Visit insightcrime.org for more information.
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Feeding the Beast: MS13 in Nashville
Since Trump began his second term in January, a dozen Latin American criminal organizations — among them, MS13 and Tren de Aragua — have been labeled foreign terrorist organizations. Using claims that these groups are invading the United States, the Trump administration has detained thousands in immigration enforcement operations supposedly targeting these gangs and other serious criminals.InSight Crime took a closer look at how the national dynamics melding anti-migrant and anti-crime operations are playing out on a local level in the state of Tennessee. This is the final chapter in a three-part series, where we explore the history of MS13, one of the gang’s labeled as invading terrorists by the Trump government. Feeding the Beast: MS13 in Nashville | Written and read by James Bargent.Visit insightcrime.org for more information.
For over a decade, InSight Crime has investigated organized crime in the Americas. Across the hemisphere, we’ve interviewed thousands of people, from government insiders to victims caught in the crossfire, from criminal operators to tireless NGO leaders. We’ve also witnessed firsthand the many masks that organized crime wears in places where corruption often takes center stage. Throughout, we’ve discovered tales of anguish, resilienc
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