Moskitia Investigation Wins Prestigious Award

Latin America

InSight Crime’s investigation, Moskitia: the Honduran Jungle Drowning in Cocaine, has won the Ortega and Gasset Award in the category of Best Story or Journalistic Investigation 2023.

The investigation, written by Juan José Martínez and Bryan Avelar explores the legacy of drug trafficking in the Moskitia region of Honduras, where violent land grabs at the hands of individuals allied with criminal groups are displacing indigenous populations. This three-part series chronicles the lives of the Miskitos fighting for survival, and bears witness to the savage capitalism that is destroying one of the region’s most pristine and unique ecosystems.

The jury highlighted “the completeness of the report that covers transversal topics of our time, such as drug trafficking, the environment, or the threat that looms over ancestral cultures.” The report “thoroughly describes day-to-day life in a region devastated by drugs and forgotten by institutions,” they added. 

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