Detailing a common import-export scheme in Latin America that uses customs and clearance regulation to inflate costs and even steal assets. In this case, monster trucks in Colombia.
Tag: crime
The Time I Met Alfonso Plazas Vega in Bogota
Alternate Title: A Look at the Shadetree U.S. Visa Industry, and the time I met a controversial military commander in prison.
My Politically Incorrect Take on Racial Injustice in America
Leveraging white privilege, what white people don’t say in public and what can we learn from Peru and Mexico? #GeorgeFloydProtests
Is Your Home State Safer than Peru?
Comparing crime data on Missouri to Peru, along with all the other U.S., Latin America, Europe and more. Select states sorted by murder rate.
Keeping an Open Mind About Human Trafficking
Asking some tough questions about the seemingly open-and-shut case of human trafficking in Arequipa which involved Peru’s former top cop, Raul Becerra.
The Curious Case of Sebastian Woodroffe
Speculative analysis on the murder of Olivia Arevalo and lynching of Sebastian Woodroffe in the Ucayali region of Peru. Alternate Title: Ayahuasca is Not the Safest Game in Town.
Expat Chronicles 