Latin American Program in the News: The Pan-American Post Daily News Briefing
The March 20, 2014 edition of the Pan-American Post News Briefing references the article “Maras y narcotráfico" by Latin American Program Global Fellow Juan Carlos Garzón.
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"In a column for El Faro, drug expert Juan Carlos Garzon looks at the criminal landscape in El Salvador. He argues that despite recent reports of mara violence and potential collusion between maras and larger drug trafficking organizations, its significance as a transit country is far less than that of Honduras or Guatemala. Instead, the country’s real contribution to transnational crime is in its weak anti-money laundering enforcement, which some officials say make it 'the bank of drug trafficking' in the region."
The March 20, 2014 edition of The Pan-American Post's daily news briefing references an article in El Faro by Latin American Program Global Fellow Juan Carlos Garzon, entitled "Maras y narcotrafico." The article discusses the criminal landscape in El Salvador and the nexus between Salvadoran gangs and drug trafficking.
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To read the article, click here. This article is in Spanish.
About the Author
Juan Carlos Garzón
Security and Conflict Resolution Expert; Former Consultant, United Nations Development Program and Organization of American States
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
