Organized Crime as Human Rights Issue
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It was a horrifying scene— 72 people murdered all at once. One survivor bore witness to the massacre. The dead were migrants, mostly Central Americans; 58 men and 14 women trying to…
Category: Reflections on Crime
Latin American Organized Crime’s New Business Model
Human heads rolling in the street alongside affluent homes. Gory stories of mass graves unearthed in Tamaulipas and Durango. Kidnapping and ransoming of migrants. Paying…
Criminal Organizations and Enterprise
There is nothing new about organized crime. Nor is there anything new about criminal violence. What is new—at least for Mexico—is the scale. In Mexico, homicide had been falling …
Citizen Security in Latin America
There is no question that throughout Latin America crime and violence have become one of the most important subjects of public debate. And, while it is also beyond question that across the…
