The Washington Office On Latin America

Drug Trafficking as a “Connected Political Crime”
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 06:41
President Juan Manuel Santos caused a stir this week when he told an interviewer from Colombia’s RCN Radio network that the country would have to alter its laws to benefit FARC members who have trafficked drugs.
Will More Funds for Border Security Address the Crisis of Central American Children at the Border?
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 07:26
There are already enough Border Patrol resources at the U.S.-Mexico border. Congress does not need to add more
CEJIL, DPLF y WOLA expresan su preocupación por el nombramiento del General (r) Daniel Urresti como Ministro del Interior en Perú
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 08:14
Urresti es actualmente investigado por su participación en el asesinato del periodista Hugo Bustíos en 1988
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy on The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala
Friday, June 25, 2010 - 00:00
I urge the Guatemalan Government to show, at this critical moment, its firm commitment to the CICIG and to taking the steps necessary to end impunity and strengthen the rule of law.