Chepe Diablo' Case (Upside Down): El Salvador Accuses, US Exonerates...

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Weekly InSight | 14 April 2017 News Analysis 'Chepe Diablo' Case (Upside Down): El Salvador Accuses, US Exonerates In a reversal befitting of his criminal career, "Chepe Diablo" has been taken off the US Treasury Department's "Kingpin List," even as he faces stiff money laundering charges in home country, El Salvador. Read More

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News An Extradition from Italy May Increase US-Mexico Tensions Colombia Drug Lord Freed After Surprise Rulings Arrest of Top MS13 Gang Leader in Guatemala Highlights Cooperation Video of Armed Inmates Shows Conditions in Panama Prisons Record Killings of Rio Police Are Part of Institutional Failure Mexico Ex-Governor Captured as PRI Tries to Clean Up Before Elections Fmr Trinidad & Tobago Minister Latest to Call for State of Emergency Latin America Again Dominates World’s 50 Deadliest Cities Ranking Colombia's Multi-Billion Dollar Corruption Problem Could Impact Peace Deal More News Multimedia In last week’s Facebook Live conversation, Senior Investigator Héctor Silva Ávalos and Senior Editor Mike LaSusa discussed the implications of the recent arrest of “Chepe Diablo,” the suspected head of El Salvador’s Texis Cartel.