U.S. Will Unify Initiatives to Combat Organized Crime in Latin America

February 09, 2011

The United States is seeking to unify the plans it sponsors against organized crime in Latin America, in order to achieve greater coordination and effectiveness, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs William Brownfield announced in Guatemala on 6 February.

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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 […]

U.S. Will Unify Initiatives to Combat Organized Crime in Latin America

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