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Alex Papadovassilakis

Security forces guard a burned drug plane in Colón, Honduras
Posted inNews Cocaine

Central America Drug Flights Fall as Traffickers Shift Methods

by Sam Woolston and Alex Papadovassilakis 29 May 202429 May 2024
Authorities escort an alleged Guatemalan drug trafficker who has been extradited to the United States. Las autoridades escoltan un supuesto narcotraficante guatemalteco, quién fue extraditado hacia los EEUU.
Posted inNews Elites and Crime

US Turns Screw on Enduring Guatemala Drug Clan

by Alex Papadovassilakis 21 May 202423 May 2024
Posted inNews Elites and Crime

100 Days In, Guatemala President Locks Horns with Corruption and Crime

by Alex Papadovassilakis 23 Apr 202424 Apr 2024
Santiago Palomo, head of Guatemala's Anti-Corruption Commission
Posted inNews Elites and Crime

Anti-Corruption Commission Confronts Guatemala’s ‘Continuum of Impunity’

by Alex Papadovassilakis 12 Mar 202415 Mar 2024
Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo at a press conference regarding Attorney General Consuelo Porras.
Posted inNews Elites and Crime

Can Guatemala’s New President Reignite Fight Against Corruption and Crime?

by Alex Papadovassilakis 26 Jan 202426 Jan 2024
Vote-counting begins in Guatemala's August 20 presidential run-off between Bernardo Arévalo and Sandra Torres.
Posted inNews Elites and Crime

GameChangers 2023: Guatemala Election Upset Sparks Establishment Meltdown

by Alex Papadovassilakis and Gavin Voss 27 Dec 202322 Dec 2023
Detained MS13 leader Élmer Canales Rivera, alias “Crook,”
Posted inNews MS13

US Terrorism Trial of MS13 Leader Could Expose El Salvador Gang Talks

by Parker Asmann and Alex Papadovassilakis 11 Dec 202311 Dec 2023
Posted inInvestigations Security Policy

Keeping a Lid on Prisons

by Alex Papadovassilakis 6 Dec 20239 Feb 2024
Posted inInvestigations El Salvador

‘Too Many Soldiers’: How Bukele’s Crackdown Succeeded Where Others Failed

by Alex Papadovassilakis 6 Dec 20237 Dec 2023
Posted inInvestigations El Salvador

The Road to El Salvador’s State of Emergency

by Alex Papadovassilakis 6 Dec 20236 Dec 2023
Posted inInvestigations El Salvador

The Future Looks Bleak for El Salvador’s Gangs

by Alex Papadovassilakis 6 Dec 20236 Dec 2023
Posted inInvestigations El Salvador

Gangs on the Run: How Bukele’s Crackdown Drove Gangs Underground 

by Alex Papadovassilakis 6 Dec 20236 Dec 2023

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