Criminal Violence in Mexico | Global Conflict Tracker
WEBJul 24, 2024 · Mexico’s 2024 general elections were its most violent in decades, attacks on journalists have continued at record highs, and anti-corruption reforms have floundered.
Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels
WEBAug 5, 2024 · Mexico’s drug cartels are in a constant state of flux. Over the decades, they have grown, splintered, forged new alliances, and battled one another for territory.
Mexico’s Women Push Back on Gender-Based Violence
WEBMar 12, 2020 · Gender-based killings in Mexico have sparked mass protests, with activists blaming the government for an anemic response.
A Surge in Crime and Violence Has Ecuador Reeling
WEBJun 14, 2023 · For decades, Ecuador was one of Latin America’s least violent countries. Now it has the region’s fourth-highest homicide rate—higher even than Mexico.
The Drug War in Mexico | Council on Foreign Relations
WEBWhile these fears are exaggerated, the problems of widespread crime and violence, government corruption, and inadequate access to justice pose grave challenges for the Mexican state.
Central America’s Turbulent Northern Triangle
WEBJul 13, 2023 · Beginning in the early 2000s, Northern Triangle governments implemented a series of controversial anti-crime policies that significantly expanded police powers and enacted harsher punishments for ...
What Is Extradition? - Council on Foreign Relations
WEBJan 8, 2020 · Transnational Crime Extradition is the formal process of one state surrendering an individual to another state for prosecution or punishment for crimes committed in the requesting country’s ...
AMLO’s ‘Hugs Not Bullets’ Is Failing Mexico
WEBOct 23, 2019 · Overall, murders and kidnappings are at record levels and spreading through Mexico’s once-safer industrial heartland and capital city. Talk of Mexico becoming a failed state is again on the rise.
Mexico Can’t Solve Its Three Biggest Crises Alone
WEBShared intelligence has brought down crime networks. U.S.-funded programs have trained lawyers, judges and police officers in the rules of Mexico’s new justice system.
Mexico’s Security Dilemma - Council on Foreign Relations
WEBJan 24, 2020 · Surging violence has invigorated international and domestic criticism of the Mexican government’s long-standing campaign against organized crime.