Small Wars Journal

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:

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 10/24/2017 - 7:00pm | 0 comments

Continue on for two news articles derived from SWJ/El Centro Mexican Cartel Tactical Note # 35.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 10/24/2017 - 1:11am | 0 comments

The assessment contains sections on transnational criminal organizations as well as gangs. Continue on for a link to the full report.

by John P. Sullivan, by Robert Bunker | Mon, 10/23/2017 - 2:10am | 0 comments
by The Washington Times | Thu, 09/28/2017 - 10:16am | 0 comments

"Penetrating Latin America has been an Iranian and Hezbollah project for decades. They have been recruiting allies and agents."

by USNI News | Wed, 08/30/2017 - 7:37pm | 0 comments

“SOUTHCOM’s switch from tactical to strategic means a mission to ‘detect, illuminate, disrupt’ criminal activities.”

by Robert Bunker | Wed, 08/09/2017 - 3:24am | 0 comments

"Understanding drug smuggling and military organisations and enforcement agencies in ways that can inform public policies regarding illicit drug control."

by The Wall Street Journal | Wed, 07/05/2017 - 12:28pm | 0 comments

“After a few years of declining violence under Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, the drug war has come roaring back to life.”

by Brenda Fiegel | Wed, 07/05/2017 - 1:34am | 0 comments
by John P. Sullivan, by Robert Bunker | Mon, 06/12/2017 - 2:46pm | 0 comments
by Robert Bunker | Wed, 05/31/2017 - 8:53pm | 0 comments

SWJ El Centro Fellow Vanda Felbab-Brown has a new essay out - “Hooked: Mexico’s Violence and U.S. Demand for Drugs".

by John P. Sullivan, by Robert Bunker | Fri, 05/26/2017 - 6:34pm | 0 comments
by John P. Sullivan, by Robert Bunker | Fri, 05/26/2017 - 2:09am | 0 comments