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Perspective: The Caribbean's metastasizing gang threat needs coordinated regional responses

ZFTWARNING — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 21:42:31 +0000

Perspective: The Caribbean's metastasizing gang threat needs coordinated regional responses ZFTWARNING Mon, 04/15/2024 - 5:42pm

This opinion piece by SWJ−El Centro Fellow Robert Muggah and transnational organized crime scholar Rajeev Gunnar looks at surging criminal violence and gang proliferation in the Caribbean.

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Gangs and the Military Note 4: The Role of the East Coast in the Development of Military-Trained Gang Members

SWJED — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 18:43:42 +0000

Gangs and the Military Note 4: The Role of the East Coast in the Development of Military-Trained Gang Members SWJED Sat, 02/15/2020 - 1:43pm

This research note reviews the state of military-trained gang members (MTGMs) in the Eastern United States. In each wartime era since the Revolutionary War, there have been MTGMs who engaged in criminal activities in civilian communities. The earliest MTGMs in the United States received their training in the colonial militia. One group started as a New York City street gang, received military training and experience in Mexico during the Mexican-American War, and were released from active duty in San Francisco, just before the Gold Rush of 1848. An individual MTGM started as a well-known crime boss in New York and joined the military to fight in World War I. Contemporary MTGMs challenge military discipline and threaten community security.

Gangs and the Military Note 3: The Role of the West Coast in the Development of Military-Trained Gang Members

SWJED — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:35:38 +0000

Gangs and the Military Note 3: The Role of the West Coast in the Development of Military-Trained Gang Members SWJED Wed, 01/22/2020 - 7:35am

This note reviews the current state of military-trained gang members (MTGMs) in the United States military. MTGMs, whether from Street Gangs, Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMGs), or Domestic Terrorist Extremist (DTE) groups, have endangered U.S. communities since before the birth of the country.

Power Imbalances and Drugs: Some Transferrable Lessons Between Counterinsurgents and Law Enforcement

SWJED — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 08:12:14 +0000

Power Imbalances and Drugs: Some Transferrable Lessons Between Counterinsurgents and Law Enforcement SWJED Fri, 04/12/2019 - 4:12am

“Jim Roussell and the Marines he works with broke the Abu Ali cell of the Iraqi insurgency in much the same way he caught gang leaders on Chicago's West Side,” according to a 2007 article from the Chicago Tribune. Sgt. Russel’s success illustrates that counterinsurgents can learn from U.S. law enforcement, and vice-versa.

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Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 9

SWJED — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:54:37 +0000

Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 9

Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 9: Concerns About Potential Gang (PCC-Primeiro Comando da Capital & CV-Comando Vermelho) Influence on Upcoming Brazilian Elections

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Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note Number Eight

SWJED — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 07:44:40 +0000

Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note Number Eight

Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 8: Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) Links to Occult Rituals and Santa Muerte Veneration or Worship

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Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 6 - Holy War in Rio’s Favelas: Bandidos Evangélicos (Evangelical Bandits)

SWJED — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:17:39 +0000

Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 6 - Holy War in Rio’s Favelas: Bandidos Evangélicos (Evangelical Bandits) SWJED Wed, 11/15/2017 - 12:17pm

A battle for spiritual dominance and power is taking place in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 24: Cartel and Gang Provision of Post-Earthquake Humanitarian Aid

SWJED — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 00:17:24 +0000

Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 24: Cartel and Gang Provision of Post-Earthquake Humanitarian Aid

The provision of such aid—usually a symbolic effort—should be considered a component of ongoing cartel ‘information operations’

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Gangs in El Salvador: A New Type of Insurgency?

SWJED — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:51:59 +0000

Gangs in El Salvador: A New Type of Insurgency?

This article was originally published in Spanish as 'Las Pandillas en El Salvador: ¿Un Nuevo Tipo de Insurgencia?' at 'Small Wars Journal'-El Centro on 4 September 2017.

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Las Pandillas en El Salvador: ¿Un Nuevo Tipo de Insurgencia?

SWJED — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 15:19:37 +0000

Las Pandillas en El Salvador: ¿Un Nuevo Tipo de Insurgencia? SWJED Mon, 09/04/2017 - 11:19am

La investigación sostiene que las principales pandillas en El Salvador (MS-13 y Barrio 18) han evolucionado hasta constituirse en un nuevo tipo de insurgencia.

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