Judicial Reform
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 - 00:00
En Guatemala, los Tribunales de Mayor Riesgo ven las causas consideradas de alto impacto en la sociedad. A Rios Montt sera juzgado por el genocidio perpetrado contra poblaciones indigenas durante su regimen.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 07:43
This blog first appeared on the LAWG Blog. To read the original version, click here. That was the title of the January 30th Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to consider how Congress should move forward to address gun violence.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 00:00
In greenlighting a public trial for the former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide, the judge, Miguel Ángel Galvez, made his country the first in the Americas to prosecute a former head of state, in its own domestic courts, for the ul
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 00:00
If it wasn't clear to outside observers, it certainly should be now. The Honduran Congress is bent on controlling every aspect of the government, and by control, I mean, removing any trace of the constitutionally specified independence of powers.
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 00:00
Manning roadblocks and patrolling by the truckload, these citizen posses have been rounding up accused drug dealers, rapists, killers and rustlers under the wincing but winking watch of state and federal security forces.
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 00:00
Asegura el gobierno estatal que velara por la seguridad e integridad de 54 personas retenidas por las policias comunitarias surgidas en Ayutla de los Libres
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 00:00
"The authorities have not delivered, so the people have re-established the rule of law"
Friday, February 1, 2013 - 15:07
The following is a round-up of some of the top news highlights from around the region this week.
United States: Immigration bill
Friday, February 1, 2013 - 00:00
Vigilantes who have taken up arms against drug gangs and criminals in the southern state of Guerrero announced Thursday that they would hold trials for 50 men and 3 women whom they had detained in improvised jails.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 11:53
Recent reports coming out of Honduras show a country in crisis with a failing justice system and an unstable political climate. From the looks of the current state of affairs, Honduras is in for a rocky 2013.
Crime and Security
Crimes increased significantly in Honduras in the second half of 2012, with a sharp increase in the last 45 days of the year.