Is there a strong LCN presence in South America?

I have been giving this some thought on how strong LCN is south of the border. I know that there is a strong presence of Italians in Argentina, and not too long ago there were a few Sicilians in Mexico that got caught shipping a freighter of Coke to Sicily (I can't remember the exact date).

Haven't a few made guys been caught on the lam out there as well, in particular Venezuela? As well as the guy that was involved in the Pizza Connection case was located in Brazil?

I'm thinking the presence is stronger than what is portrayed because most of these countries are second and third world, which I think would make it a lot easier to corrupt a government as a whole. Think about it, no FBI, no EU law enforcement, and you can't tell me a South American Federal law enforcement officer has as much resources as the Gmen do here in America.

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/20...ine-for-europe/

http://www.netplaces.com/mafia/the-other-mafias/the-south-american-connection.htm

while i dont believe there has ever been a family that has been exclusively based out of south america, i believe that the Cun trera-Caruana clan set up a presence in Venezuela through out the 1980s and 90s. they were heavily involved in the global cocaine trade being the middle men between south american cartels and the distributors in North America and Euorpe.

(just one article about them)
http://www.ravebook.net/fr/news_info/187997/canada/

Wow, those guys are out of Canada? I would like to bet that Argentina has at least one of the four mafia Syndicates there, but we rarely hear about them. it seems like too much money in South America for them not to be.

http://qz.com/146299/argentine-courts-al...ng-soccer-star/

Not exactly Italian, my fault

Wow Thanks Strax!

LOL everyone is in Bogota trying to smuggle coke!

If u want to see more maps like this one,i posted them here:

http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthr...9177#Post729177