Therise and fall of Los Cachiros cartel
2015 Marzo Honduras
Honduras has been described as the most violent country in the world, and its criminality is closely linked to drug-trafficking. It’s situation has...

Trends and paradoxes of drug trafficking in Latin America
2013 Noviembre América Latina
Each in its own way, Latin America’s countries are increasingly engaged in the geopolitics of drug trafficking. This activity is playing a perceptively...

Following the money trail: Implications for regional security
2013 Agosto Centroamérica
Money laundering is a criminal activity that goes almost unnoticed but has a lethal impact on our societies and our institutionality: the legitimization...

Drug trafficking now has muscle and is generating a lot of money
2012 Agosto Nicaragua
Central America is currently considered the most violent region in the world, which has to do with the active presence of organized crime in our countries....

War on Drugs in an Election Year?
2011 Enero Guatemala
It’s election year in Guatemala. In September one of the candidates—at least one of whom will be a woman if the Constitutionality Court allows her...

Societal Validation for Drug Trafficking Is Growing
2010 Diciembre Nicaragua
Aphenomenon has appeared on the Caribbean Coast, in Managua and different areas on the Pacific Coast that we consider extremely dangerous: societal legitimization...