How Bukele’s War on Gangs Transformed El Salvador
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s offensive against gangs severely weakened the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) and Barrio 18 and turned his…
Mapping Latin America’s Megaprisons
In the three years since President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele opened his famous Terrorism Confinement Center (Centro de Confinamiento…
The InSight Take: El Salvador’s Mass Trials Put Bukele’s Gang Crackdown on Display
El Salvador’s mass trials of alleged gang members are the latest phase in President Nayib Bukele’s hardline security model, aimed…
On the Radar: Mexico Responds to US Pressure
Violent gang reprisals in Guatemala, a symbolic push for justice in Colombia, and mounting pressure on Mexico from the United…
US Foreign Terrorist Designations in Latin America: An Interactive Map
The United States has intensified its tactics for fighting organized crime in Latin America, including designating various Latin American criminal…
On the Radar: Colombia Rejects Tren de Aragua’s Peace Proposal
This week, we cover a mass jailbreak in Guatemala that took the authorities months to discover, and Tren de Aragua…
On the Radar: US Designates Barrio 18 a Terrorist Group
This week, we analyze whether the new US terrorist designation for the Barrio 18 gang is political or practical, another…
Video: Will El Salvador Reforms Help or Hinder Bukele’s Anti-Crime Fight?
Earlier this week El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly voted to abolish presidential term limits. That could allow President Nayib Bukele, to…
‘He Who’s Afraid to Die Shouldn’t Be Born’: The Changing Nature of Gangs in Honduras
The Rivera Hernández neighborhood in the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula is no ordinary place. It is the wounded…
El Salvador’s Anti-Gang Crackdown Now Has Political Opponents in Its Crosshairs
Authorities in El Salvador have arrested a prominent human rights defender amid growing concerns over the government’s repressive anti-crime tactics,…