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:

With 60,000 Dead, Mexicans Wonder Why Drug War Doesn't Rate in Presidential Debate by Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor.

Two great minds on drugs... and strategy.

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...

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.

A warning and call to action from the French criminologist.

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

Mexican Cartels Operating Throughout the Western Hemisphere: "Mexico’s drug cartels now have a foothold in 16 countries in the Western Hemisphere".