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More Women Than Ever Are Joining Cartels

An increasing number of women are becoming part of Mexico’s cartels and criminal groups, according to a new report by the International Crisis Group, bolstering the violent hold organized crime had on the country’s communities and further exposing young children to criminal recruitment.  Women are joining the Sinaloa Cartel, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and Cartel […]

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Ecuador’s Fernando Villavicencio Said He Wasn’t Afraid of the Cartels. Then He Was Assassinated.

Ecuadoran journalist Fernando Villavicencio poses for photos in Lima on April 19, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Ernesto BENAVIDES/via Getty The assassination of a presidential candidate in Ecuador’s upcoming election Wednesday underscores the drug-related violence that has enveloped a country that only recently was one of Latin America’s most peaceful and stable.  Fernando Villavicencio, 59, […]

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