How Bukele’s Government Overpowered Gangs: Summary & Major Findings
In March 2022, the government of El Salvador launched one of the most relentless security crackdowns in its history in…
Coca in Honduras: Cultivating and Consuming Fear
This article is part of NarcoFiles: The New Criminal Order, a transnational journalistic investigation into global organized crime, its innovations,…
El Salvador Frees ‘Terrorist’ Johana Flores
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Portrait of a ‘Terrorist’ in El Salvador
The story of Dalila Johana Flores Flores is one of thousands of arbitrary detentions that have taken place in El…
El Salvador Police Reports Contradict Bukele’s Triumphalism
More than a dozen confidential reports from El Salvador’s National Civil Police obtained by InSight Crime reveal that, although “weakened”…
How El Salvador’s Police Creates, Uses Its Gang Database
Authorities routinely count gang “members” and, in the case of El Salvador, “aspiring” members and “collaborators.” But how do they…
The Timebomb That Exploded Twice: Behind The Massacres in Honduras’ Women’s Prison
With a blaring siren, the Honduran Prison Police patrol car dodges through Tegucigalpa’s congested morning traffic, screeching into the Escuela…
El Salvador Escalates Gang Crackdown With New Measures
With the deployment of thousands of soldiers to rural El Salvador and new legislation permitting the trial of hundreds of…
Honduras Anti-Gang Crackdown Targets Only One Source of Violence
The Honduran government is intensifying its anti-gang crackdown following recent outbursts of criminal violence, but its one-size-fits-all response fails to…
Honduras Makes Few Advances Against Crime During 6-Month State of Exception
The state of exception in Honduras has now been in place for six months. But contrary to government claims and…