Arron Daugherty
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 05:21
El Salvador police are abandoning the National Civil Police (PNC) in record numbers amid rising confrontations with gangs and complaints officers' families are being threatened.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 06:45
El Salvador's two main political parties are scrambling to respond to the nation's historically high homicide rate, but neither appears to be proposing any novel security strategies.
Monday, December 14, 2015 - 06:42
Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto has put forth two new initiatives aimed at combating kidnapping and torture, but local conditions may hinder any eventual implementation.
Monday, November 16, 2015 - 06:47
A debate on what to do with Bolivia's overflowing stores of seized coca highlights the Andean nation's unique relationship with the leaf and its approach to combating drug trafficking.
Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 06:47
Officials in the Dominican Republic assert drug traffickers are now diverting shipments to neighboring Haiti, a suspicious claim that nonetheless highlights larger trends in Caribbean trafficking routes.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 06:25
A new report stating that a shadowy drug trafficker, known as "Puntilla Pachon," has become Colombia's latest narco boss brings into question whether criminal figureheads are still needed to regulate the underworld.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 06:21
A recent report details how youths in Central America's Northern Triangle region (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) are forced to live under the oppressive threat of gang violence.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 06:09
Results are mostly in for mayoral, gubernatorial and presidential elections in Argentina, Colombia and Guatemala held October 25. Violence was low, but the specter of organized crime remains central to the region's political dynamics.
Friday, October 23, 2015 - 06:20
El Salvador Security Minister Benito Lara's recent criticism of "iron fist" security policies is an abrupt change in rhetoric for an administration that has implemented a militarized approach to combating the country's deadly street gangs.
Friday, October 9, 2015 - 06:36
A string of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have El Salvador's authorities searching for culprits and motives behind the attacks.