Mexican and Central American Delegates Prepare Security Summit

February 14, 2013

On February 12, Costa Rica hosted Mexican and Central American officials and subject matter experts who discussed strategies to strengthen the fight against drug trafficking and trade, which will be evaluated in a week during a regional summit with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in San José, the Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

Mexican and Central American Delegates Prepare Security Summit

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