CENTRAL AMERICA: VIOLENT CRIME OVERWHELMING GOVERNMENTS

Approved for Release: 2017/10/16 C06702207 S (b)(3) WIRe Published online on 08 May 2007 :entre! America: Violent Crime Overwhelming Governments Office of Asian Pacific, Latin American, and African Analysis Limited security resources and entrenched corruption in law enforcement have contributed to the failures of governments in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala to curtail violent crime, committed primarily by youth gangs. Homicide rates in this region are among the highest in the Western Hemi...