Latin America
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Mexico’s Interior Secretary Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong recently said that long-term security gains in the country will depend on improving socioeconomic conditions, signaling a possible shift away from the heavy-handed anti-crime strategy the government has pursued for years… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala are all facing serious financial constraints that could hinder their ability to carry out reforms to police and judicial institutions and implement new security measures… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime. UPDATE (May 24, 2016): This article was written just one day after the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) announced that it…
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An internationally supported anti-corruption body in Honduras has just completed its first month of official activities, providing some early signs that it intends to take a follow-the-money approach to pursuing corrupt officials… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
Mike LaSusa 