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Authorities in Honduras have publicly responded to the recent publication of an InSight Crime investigation on firearms trafficking in the country, outlining some of the steps they are taking to improve their weapons control efforts… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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A recent report has found that nearly one in 10 of Mexico‘s police officers may be unfit for service, underscoring how continuing flaws in local security forces have contributed to the country’s crime problems… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Nearly one hundred members of Peru‘s national police are under investigation for their alleged participation in a series of extrajudicial killings, illustrating the dangers of inculcating and rewarding violence within police forces… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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A sex scandal involving the Colombian police is unfolding at a politically sensitive time, as the force prepares to assume a key role in implementing an expected peace accord between the government and the country’s largest rebel group… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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I wrote this for a class on theories of decision-making. Thought I’d share it here in case anyone finds it useful. Around 2010, the sheriff of Mission, Texas, Lupe Treviño, established an “elite” anti-narcotics squad to be headed up by his son, Jonathan Treviño. According to a January 2015 report by journalist Josh Eells that
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