gangs

  • Honduras Authorities Grapple with Social, Economic Impacts of Extortion

    Honduran authorities recently mounted a new operation aimed at dismantling extortion rackets, suggesting a growing concern within the government about the crime’s devastating impact on society and the economy… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

    Read more →

  • Are Mara Salvatrucha Gangs Expanding in Costa Rica?

    The head of the Honduran armed forces has claimed that powerful gangs are expanding their presence in Costa Rica, but the extent of this criminal migration might be overstated… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

    Read more →

  • Military Police Occupy Honduras Neighborhood After Gang Threat

    Authorities in Honduras have deployed military forces to a neighborhood threatened by the Barrio 18 street gang, but the soldiers’ presence is unlikely to provide a long-term solution to the community’s security concerns… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime. 

    Read more →

  • El Salvador Opposition Proposes Back-to-the-Future Security Plan

    The Salvadoran news website La Página reported yesterday that the opposition ARENA party plans to introduce a bill to deploy some 10,000 military reservists in 22 of the country’s most violent cities. The proposal is likely an attempt to politicize the increasing violence in El Salvador in the wake of a tenuous gang-government truce forged in 2012 that seems to have come undone. El

    Read more →

Portrait illustration of Mike LaSusa

Mike LaSusa