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Cross-posted with Conflict Journal This is a weekly roundup of events from 6 April to 12 April 2014 This week, the LA Times called the spread of vigilante groups in Michoacán and other states “the greatest security-policy test of the 16-month-old” government of President Enrique Peña Nieto – a telling statement when one considers the situation in Tamaulipas state
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Cross-posted with Conflict Journal This is a weekly roundup of events from 6 April to 12 April 2014. Colombia commemorated the National Day of Victims this week, remembering those who have suffered in the country’s decades-long internal armed conflict between left-wing guerrillas, right-wing-paramilitaries, criminal gangs and state security forces . Many citizens took the opportunity to reflect on the
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Cross-posted with Conflict Journal This is a weekly roundup of events from 30 March to 5 April 2014 According to the president of Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), the vast majority of violent crimes in Mexico go unreported – upwards of 90% by one estimate. A study produced by the Federal Electoral Institute, or IFE
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Cross-posted with Conflict Journal This is a weekly roundup of events from 30 March to 5 April 2014. The preliminary round of Colombia’s presidential elections will be held on May 25 of this year. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of votes in the first election, a run-off between the two top-finishing candidates will take place on June
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Cross-posted with Conflict Jounal This is a weekly roundup of events from 23 March to 29 March 2014. Although the Mexican government claims that it has not lost control of the “citizen police” forces known as autodefensas, there are many signs that the groups are undermining the country’s bid to quell persistent violence. Florida-based security assessment firm
Mike LaSusa 