Video: Are President Bukele’s Celebrations Around Security Gains Justified?
President Nayib Bukele in El Salvador is celebrating 1,000 days without homicides since he took power in 2019. But what…
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,…
The US Is Panicking About Tusi. But Should it Be?
US authorities have recently linked Latin American gangs like Tren de Aragua to the sale of “pink cocaine,” or “tusi.”…
Could US Deportations Compromise Trump Administration’s MS13 Crackdown?
The Trump administration’s decision to return a high-profile gang boss facing terrorism charges to El Salvador as part of a…
Did El Salvador’s Gang Truce Lead to More Violence?
In the latest of a series of academic articles, two scholars add to mounting evidence that gang truces may provide…
Here’s What You Need to Know About the Criminal Groups the US Just Labelled ‘Terrorists’
The US government has officially designated several Latin American organized crime groups as terrorist organizations, but the move will do…
What You Need to Know About the Criminal Groups the US Just Labeled ‘Terrorists’
The US government has officially designated several Latin American organized crime groups as terrorist organizations, but the move will do…
Extortion Rise in Honduras Signals Emergence of New Criminal Players
Extortion appears to be increasing in Honduras as smaller gangs fill the gap left by larger groups who are retreating…