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Salvatore Mancuso
Salvatore Mancuso, alias “El Mono” or “Santander Lozada,” is a former Colombian paramilitary commander who was part of the Peasant Self Defence Forces of Córdoba and Urabá (Autodefensas Campesinas de Córdoba y Urabá – ACCU) and the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia – AUC). In February 2024, after serving more than 15 years for drug trafficking in…
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Criminal Groups
Explore the histories and profiles of organized crime groups, including drug trafficking organizations, insurgencies, and street gangs, from across Latin America and the Caribbean. Learn about the groups that fuel the region’s criminal economies.
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Criminal Personalities
Explore the personal histories of the most important criminal leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean. Learn of their trajectories into crime, the illicit economies they are involved in, and the nefarious networks they control.
Argentina
Brazil
Marcos Willians Herbas Camacho, alias ‘Marcola’
Antônio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, alias ‘Nem’
Colombia
Dairo Antonio Úsuga, alias ‘Otoniel’
Daniel Barrera Barrera, alias ‘El Loco’
Diego Fernando Murillo, alias ‘Don Berna’
Eliecer Erlinto Chamorro, alias ‘Antonio Garcia’
Géner García Molina, alias ‘John 40’
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, alias ‘The Chess Player’
Griselda Blanco, alias ‘La Madrina’
Gustavo Aníbal Giraldo, alias ‘Pablito’
Henry Castellanos Garzón, alias ‘Romaña’
Hernán Darío Velásquez Saldarriaga, alias ‘El Paisa’
Jobanis de Jesús Ávila Villadiego, alias ‘Chiquito Malo’
José Manuel Sierra Sabogal, alias ‘Zarco Aldinever’
José Vicente Lesmes, alias ‘Walter Mendoza’
Leider Johani Noscue, alias ‘Mayimbú’
Luciano Marín Arango, alias ‘Iván Márquez’
Miguel Botache Santillana, alias ‘Gentil Duarte’
Néstor Gregorio Vera Fernández, alias ‘Iván Mordisco’
Nicolás Rodríguez Bautista, alias ‘Gabino’
Dominican Republic
Mexico
Alejandro ‘Omar’ Treviño Morales, alias ‘Z42’
Antonio Cardenas Guillen, alias ‘Tony Tormenta’
Dámaso López Núñez, alias ‘Licenciado’
Edgardo Leyva Escandon, alias ’24’
Fausto Isidro Meza Flores, alias ‘Chapo Isidro’
Fernando Sanchez Arellano, alias ‘El Ingeniero’
Hector Beltran Leyva, alias ‘El H’
Ismael Zambada García, alias ‘El Mayo’
Joaquín Guzmán Loera, alias ‘El Chapo’
Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, alias ‘El Coss’
José Antonio Yépez Ortiz, alias ‘El Marro’
José Jesús Méndez Vargas, alias ‘El Chango’
Mario Ramirez Treviño, alias ‘X20’
Miguel Angel Treviño, alias ‘Z40’
Nazario Moreno Gonzalez, alias ‘El Chayo’
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias ‘El Mencho’
Servando Gomez Martinez, alias ‘La Tuta’
