José Adán Salazar Umaña, alias “Chepe Diablo,” does not fit the normal profile of a criminal leader. As the former president of the first division of Salvadoran soccer and the …
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Hotels seized from accused Salvadoran drug kingpin Chepe Diablo were awarded lucrative government contracts to serve as quarantine centers, according to an audit of pandemic spending by El Salvador’s Court of …
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The vice president of El Salvador, Óscar Ortiz, is closer than he has claimed to the illegal activities of José Adán Salazar Umaña, alias “Chepe Diablo,” who was arrested on …
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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 …
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Unlike some Central American gangs that have earned fame for their brutality and their liberal use of violence, the Cartel de Texis has developed a reputation for a more business-like …
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Weekly InSight: ‘Chepe Diablo,’ the Texis Cartel and El Salvador Elites
by Sabra Bozychby Sabra BozychIn our April 6 Facebook Live session, Senior Investigator Héctor Silva Ávalos spoke with Senior Editor Mike LaSusa about one of the biggest organized crime stories in Latin America this …
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El Salvador’s Attorney General’s Office arrested José Adán Salazar Umaña, alias “Chepe Diablo,” the alleged leader of the Texis Cartel, the most important drug trafficking and money laundering organization in …
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When Luis Martínez was the Attorney General in 2015, he ordered his subordinates to shelve the money laundering investigation against businessman José Adán Salazar Umaña. Now, with Martínez out and …
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Ex-DEA Agent: US Tolerant of Central American Drug Corruption
by Elijah Jonesby Elijah JonesFormer DEA agent in El Salvador Danny Dalton doesn’t mince words: Central America’s drug trafficking organizations would not be so well developed without the help of corrupt local authorities that …
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MS13 and Texis Cartel Linked ‘Medio Millón’ Escapes Conviction, Again
by Mia Meyerby Mia MeyerA high-profile alleged affiliate of both the MS13 street gang and Texis Cartel drug traffickers has been acquitted in El Salvador, highlighting once again the difficulty Salvadoran prosecutors have in …