To understand how crime, terror, or jihadist groups are expending networks in various countries in the world, we have to remember, Lebanese Hezbollah has been active in Latin America since the 1980s, when it began working with drug cartels to raise funds for operations and the purchase of arms. The organized-crime-plagued Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Este near the border with Brazil and Argentina has long played host to Islamist groups such as the Egyptian al-Jama’at al-Islamiyya, Hamas and al-Qaeda, which have colluded with gangs to smuggle contraband, drugs, and weapons, launder money and forge documents. And many are here or are on their way here!!