El Centro
SWJ El Centro, or "downtown" in Spanish, is our town square for analysis and discussion of Latin America's guerilla wars and criminal insurgencies. More about El Centro here.
Recent El Centro Journal Articles and SWJ Blog Posts:
Op-Ed: The Need For A "Half-Pivot to the Americas" by Dr. Robert J. Bunker and posted by the US Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute.
Chinese Organized Crime in Latin America by R. Evan Ellis, National Defense University, PRISM.
Mérida Initiative: Transnational Security Governance or Governance Intervention?
US Army North has played an instrumental role over the past several years in building rapport and establishing new engagement opportunities with the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense.
Could Central American Gangs Usurp the Role of Mexican Cartels? By Edward Fox, Christian Science Monitor.
The Logic of Violence in Criminal War: Cartel-State Conflict in Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil.
Insights on AUSA ILW Panel: “Enhancing North American Security Along the Southwest Border”.
Harvard Tracks Mexican Drug Gangs via Google by Hannah Stone of InSightCrime.
Tracking the Steady Rise of Beheadings in Mexico by Elyssa Pachico of InSightCrime.
Mexico’s Drug Lords Ramp Up Their Arsenals with RPGs by Ioan Grillo, Time Magazine.
With 60,000 Dead, Mexicans Wonder Why Drug War Doesn't Rate in Presidential Debate by Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor.
It’s great to be back at Small Wars Journal. It’s been nearly a year since my last post. Since then, I returned to the United States after 24 consecutive months in Afghanistan and assumed command of U.S. Army North (Fifth Army). I’d like to take a moment to talk about this incredible organization, especially our continuing partnership with Mexico's Secretariat of National Defense, or SEDENA.
Many crime control strategies developed today are based upon successes of the past. Given the complex nature of the environment, the chances for these strategies to achieve real success are limited.
SWJ El Centro Fellows Vanda Felbab-Brown and Eduardo Salcedo-Albarán Highlighted in Article.
Mexican Drug Cartels Fight Turf Battles in Chicago by Armen Keteyian, CBS News.
Mexico Cartel May Have Targeted CIA by E. Eduardo Castillo, Associated Press.
Via Fox News: 2 US Border Agents Shot, 1 Killed, Near Major Drug Corridor in Arizona