Macro-criminal Networks in the Energy Sector
To complement our 2019 investigation, Empower analyzed – in October 2022 – the legal and illicit economic networks of businessman Francisco Colorado Cessa, also known as Pancho Colorado, who established numerous relationships with organized crime groups, businesspeople, members of political parties, and public officials from both the Government of Veracruz and the Mexican Federal Government. […]
FINANCIAL FLOWS AND MACRO-CRIMINALITY:
CAPTURING THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN VERACRUZ The document “Financial Flows and Macro-criminality in Veracruz” (“Flujos ilícitos y macrocriminalidad en Veracruz”) analyzes the conditions of violence and insecurity in Veracruz in the context of appropriation of economic flows (legal and illegal) by private actors with territorial power. The energy sector reforms in Mexico, with the greatest […]
