‘Too Many Soldiers’: How Bukele’s Crackdown Succeeded Where Others Failed
Before the administration of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, no government had succeeded in breaking up the country’s vaunted and…
The Road to El Salvador’s State of Emergency
The road to El Salvador’s state of emergency has been long and bloody. The small Central American nation spent decades…
The Future Looks Bleak for El Salvador’s Gangs
On a scorching July afternoon at an urban park in El Salvador’s Apopa municipality, just north of capital city San…
Gangs on the Run: How Bukele’s Crackdown Drove Gangs Underground
It was mid-October 2022 when Felipe,* a heavily-tattooed former member of El Salvador’s largest street gang finally escaped the government’s…
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…
El Salvador Frees ‘Terrorist’ Johana Flores
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3 Takeaways From the 2023 Gallup Global Law and Order Report
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Organized Crime Challenges Awaiting Argentina’s New President
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Is the ‘Pran’ System in Venezuela’s Prisons Finished?
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Dozens of DEA Agents Exposed in Colombian Prosecutor’s Office Leak
This article is part of NarcoFiles: The New Criminal Order, a transnational journalistic investigation into global organized crime, its innovations,…