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openWeekly InSight | The Rise of Brazil's Hand Gesture Terror
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- Weekly InSight
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January 31, 2025
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This week, InSight Crime published (https://insightcrime.org/news/deadly-gestures-brazilian-gangs-crack-down-on-hand-signs/) an in-depth analysis of how innocent bystanders in Brazil are increasingly caught in the crossfire as criminal groups, embroiled in violent turf wars, take offense to hand gestures and social media posts.
We also examined (https://insightcrime.org/news/ecuadors-lobos-turn-el-oro-province-into-battleground/) rising violence in Ecuador’s El Oro Province following a military crackdown that weakened criminal leadership; dissected (https://insightcrime.org/news/from-paraguay-to-colombia-the-murderous-reach-of-transnational-crime/) the jailhouse murder of an alleged participant in the assassination of Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor Marcelo Pecci; analyzed (https://insightcrime.org/news/whats-behinddistribution-weapons-public-employees-venezuela/) why Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime is arming state workers; and explored (https://insightcrime.org/news/haiti-violence-surges-gangs-expand-influence/) how surging violence highlights Haitian gangs' growing political power.
- Featured
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https://insightcrime.org/news/deadly-gestures-brazilian-gangs-crack-down-on-hand-signs/
- Deadly Gestures: Brazilian Gangs Crack Down on Hand Signs (https://insightcrime.org/news/deadly-gestures-brazilian-gangs-crack-down-on-hand-signs/)
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In Brazil, where shifts in gang dynamics have created new violent hotspots, innocent bystanders are becoming victims of turf wars as criminal groups react violently to innocuous hand gestures and social media posts.
According to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), 16 people were executed in 2024 for motives directly linked to hand gestures, up from 4 in 2023. Many of them had unwittingly posted photos with the gestures on social media.
The numbers are almost certainly an undercount due to the ambiguity surrounding many of Brazil’s homicides.
Read the article here > (https://insightcrime.org/news/deadly-gestures-brazilian-gangs-crack-down-on-hand-signs/)
See more coverage from Brazil > (https://insightcrime.org/brazil-organized-crime-news/)
- News Analysis
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https://insightcrime.org/news/ecuadors-lobos-turn-el-oro-province-into-battleground/
- Ecuador’s Lobos Turn El Oro Province Into Battleground (https://insightcrime.org/news/ecuadors-lobos-turn-el-oro-province-into-battleground/)
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The Ecuadorian coastal province El Oro has emerged as a new hotspot for violence, as splintering criminal groups compete for control of … (https://insightcrime.org/news/ecuadors-lobos-turn-el-oro-province-into-battleground/)
https://insightcrime.org/news/from-paraguay-to-colombia-the-murderous-reach-of-transnational-crime/
- From Paraguay to Colombia: The Murderous Reach of Transnational Crime (https://insightcrime.org/news/from-paraguay-to-colombia-the-murderous-reach-of-transnational-crime/)
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The discovery of new evidence linked to a deceased witness in the case of Marcelo Pecci, a prominent … (https://insightcrime.org/news/from-paraguay-to-colombia-the-murderous-reach-of-transnational-crime/)
https://insightcrime.org/news/whats-behinddistribution-weapons-public-employees-venezuela/
https://insightcrime.org/news/haiti-violence-surges-gangs-expand-influence/
- What’s Behind the Distribution of Weapons to Public Employees in Venezuela? (https://insightcrime.org/news/whats-behinddistribution-weapons-public-employees-venezuela/)
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Venezuela’s regime, led by Nicolás Maduro, has distributed weapons to state workers and militias … (https://insightcrime.org/news/whats-behinddistribution-weapons-public-employees-venezuela/)
- Haiti Violence Surges as Gangs Expand Influence (https://insightcrime.org/news/haiti-violence-surges-gangs-expand-influence/)
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Haiti’s gangs caused thousands of deaths and the displacement of over a million people in the past year, according to the United Nations, highlighting the extreme … (https://insightcrime.org/news/haiti-violence-surges-gangs-expand-influence/)
- Impact
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InSight Crime Co-Director Steven Dudley appeared (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVsIsurjLUg&ab_channel=CanalCatorce) on the popular Mexican TV show Largo Aliento to discuss fentanyl and precursor chemicals — an issue our organization has spent nearly a decade researching, from Chinese chemical wholesalers to the US-Mexico border.
Earlier in January, we published (https://insightcrime.org/investigations/fentanyl-producers-mexico-adapting-challenging-market/) the latest chapter of our investigation into synthetic drugs and precursors, revealing how fentanyl producers are experimenting with new products and methods to enhance their potency
Read the latest chapter of the investigation > (https://insightcrime.org/investigations/fentanyl-producers-mexico-adapting-challenging-market/)
Explore our Fentanyl coverage > (https://insightcrime.org/tag/fentanyl/)
- This Week's Criminal Profile: Sebastián Marset
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Sebastián Marset is Uruguay’s most famous drug trafficker and the leader of an international network known as the First Uruguayan Cartel (Primer Cartel Uruguayo – PCU). This week, Spain authorized the extradition of Gianina García Troche, the partner and alleged accomplice of Marset, to Paraguay. García Troche was arrested in July 2024. A series of arrests targeting key players in Marset’s inner circle suggests the dismantling of his network, as authorities close in.
https://insightcrime.org/uruguay-organized-crime-news/sebastian-marset/
Read our Sebastián Marset profile > (https://insightcrime.org/uruguay-organized-crime-news/sebastian-marset/)
https://insightcrime.org/uruguay-organized-crime-news/
Read our Uruguay coverage > (https://insightcrime.org/uruguay-organized-crime-news/)
- Multimedia
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January 27, 2025
"With the arrival of Donald Trump, Venezuela could face two very different paths: greater international pressure through sanctions or a more moderate diplomatic approach. In both scenarios, illicit economies would continue to play a key role."
See our Instagram story (Spanish) > (https://www.instagram.com/p/DFTfaVEp-ua/?img_index=1)
- Media Mentions
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January 28, 2025
The Dallas Morning News (https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2025/01/28/trumps-deportations-can-undermine-larger-us-interests-in-latin-america/)
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2025/01/28/trumps-deportations-can-undermine-larger-us-interests-in-latin-america/
"Reporting by InSight Crime has documented how Tren de Aragua exploited the mass migration of Venezuelans to Colombia, Peru, and Chile that began in 2018 to transform itself from a local Venezuelan prison-based gang into a transnational criminal organization."
Read our Venezuela coverage > (https://insightcrime.org/venezuela-organized-crime-news/)
- Trending: Colombia to Receive Flights of Deported Migrants from the United States
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After a tense exchange on social media, the governments of Colombia and the United States announced that the Latin American country would continue receiving flights with deported Colombian citizens. Although Colombian President Gustavo Petro condemned the conditions under which the deportations take place, the country has been receiving such flights for years. Ultimately, it was a political battle in which both Petro and President Donald Trump sought to assert their strength against each other, but the deportation mechanisms remain the same as before.
https://insightcrime.org/colombia-organized-crime-news/colombia/
- Our Colombia Profile
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https://insightcrime.org/news/how-trumps-team-could-impact-anti-crime-efforts-latam/
- How Trump’s Team Could Impact Anti-Crime Efforts in LatAm
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Explore our Colombia coverage > (https://insightcrime.org/colombia-organized-crime-news/)
Explore our security policy coverage > (https://insightcrime.org/tag/security-policy/)
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