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…
Gangs, Tattoos, and the Roots of the US Due Process Crisis
Daisy Rodriguez has seen her husband, Santos, just once in the last two years. She flew down to his homeland,…
Is Latin America Prepared to Mitigate Digital Recruitment by Crime Groups?
The recruitment of children into criminal organizations throughout Latin America via the use of social media platforms and online video…
Pay to Play: How One City’s Growth Fuels Corruption and Environmental Destruction in Western Honduras
Just before midnight on September 15, 2023, four masked men dressed in all black walked down an alley just north…
Environmental Destruction or Community Development? A Mayor’s Struggle in Western Honduras
It was around 4:00 a.m. on January 26, 2024, when residents of the San Juan neighborhood of San Manuel de…
Are New Laws Actually Worsening Peru’s Security Crisis?
Extortion is rising, contract killings are up, illegal mining is booming, and Peru’s lawmakers are making matters worse by passing…
Mexico Ignores Alternatives to Militarization: Report
Mexico continues to rely on a militarized approach to public security, a strategy widely criticized for its counterproductive results over…
TikToker’s Murder Highlights Danger of Denouncing Venezuelan Organized Crime
The murder of a Venezuelan TikToker during a live stream has highlighted the dangers facing those personally denouncing organized crime,…
Drone Strikes Shake Haiti’s Gangs but Leave Legal and Strategic Questions
A wave of drone strikes has reportedly killed hundreds of alleged gang members in Port-au-Prince and temporarily shaken Haiti’s criminal…
Will Judicial Elections in Mexico Make a Bad Situation Worse?
Voters in Mexico will head to the polls to select a new Supreme Court and hundreds of local and federal…