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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:

Gang and Cartel Book Reviews
by SWJ Editors | Sat, 06/08/2024 - 1:34am | 0 comments

Small Wars Journal–El Centro has released a new e-book. This Small Wars Journal–El Centro e-book, Gang and Cartel Book Reviews edited by

Perspective: Türkiye Forges New Routes for Latin American Cocaine Destined for Europe
by Mahmut Cengiz | Tue, 05/28/2024 - 5:16pm | 0 comments
SWJ El Centro Book Review – CJNG: A Quick Guide to Mexico's Deadliest Cartel
by John P. Sullivan | Sat, 05/18/2024 - 7:36pm | 0 comments
Understanding Support for the Mexican Military and Its Role in Combating Organized Crime
by Jonathan D. Rosen | Thu, 05/16/2024 - 2:42pm | 0 comments
Post-insurgencies and Criminal Subcultures: The influence of Colombian organized crime in Ecuador’s Armed Conflict
by Jorge Mantilla, by Renato Rivera | Thu, 05/16/2024 - 1:00am | 0 comments
Perspective: Getting Ahead of the Game in a new Multi-Polar World across Today's Spectrum of Threats, Converging Ecosystems of Criminality, and Hybrid (Irregular) Warfare
by David M. Luna | Tue, 05/14/2024 - 1:36pm | 0 comments
Blackjack
by Michael L. Burgoyne, by Albert J. Marckwardt | Mon, 04/29/2024 - 9:40pm | 0 comments
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #52: Two Paramedics Killed in Attacks on Ambulances in Celaya, Guanajuato
by John P. Sullivan, by Robert Bunker | Thu, 04/25/2024 - 1:01pm | 0 comments
Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 56: The Tren de Aragua in Chile: The Ronald Ojeda Kidnapping and Murder Case
by Diego Ramírez Sánchez, by John P. Sullivan | Fri, 03/29/2024 - 10:55pm | 0 comments
SWJ El Centro Book Review – Frontera: a journey across the US-Mexico Border
by Daniel Weisz | Fri, 03/29/2024 - 10:22pm | 0 comments
Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 55: Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) Expanding its Reach to Chile
by John P. Sullivan, by Diego Ramírez Sánchez | Mon, 03/25/2024 - 9:37pm | 0 comments
Frontera: A Journey across the US-Mexico Border
by SWJ Editors | Sun, 03/24/2024 - 5:27pm | 0 comments
Book Announcement: SWJ−El Centro Fellow Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera and Sergi Chapa released new book on the US-Mexico Frontier.
Organized Crime Groups and their Discourse in Mexico
by Chase Whitehouse | Sun, 02/18/2024 - 1:30am | 0 comments
SWJ El Centro Book Review – Narcas: The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America’s Cartels
by Nathan P. Jones | Tue, 02/06/2024 - 4:03pm | 0 comments
Drugs, Elites and Impunity: The Paradoxes of Money Laundering and the “Too-Big-To-Fail” Concept
by Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, by Charles Lewis, by William Yaworsky | Fri, 01/26/2024 - 4:27pm | 0 comments
In Memoriam Major General Robert H. Scales, Jr.
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 01/18/2024 - 2:47pm | 0 comments
Small Wars Journal is saddened to acknowledge the death of Major General Robert Hinds Scales, Jr. (5 August 1944 – 12 January 2024). General Scales was a founding Small Wars Journal–El Centro Fellow.
A Social Network Analysis of the Guerreros Unidos Crime Syndicate
by Pilar Glaser, by John P. Sullivan, by Nathan P. Jones | Fri, 01/05/2024 - 12:09am | 0 comments
Small Wars Journal–El Centro Top 10 Articles for 2023
by SWJ Editors | Tue, 01/02/2024 - 10:10pm | 0 comments

The Venezuelan Exodus: A New Migrant Diaspora in the United States
by Howard Campbell, by Charles Larratt-Smith | Mon, 12/18/2023 - 11:23pm | 0 comments
Radical Islamist Weaponized Drone Use I&W (Indications & Warning) in Africa: A Terrorism Research Note
by John P. Sullivan, by Keaton O.K. Bunker | Fri, 12/01/2023 - 8:39pm | 0 comments
Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 54: Milícia Arson Attacks in Retaliation for Police Action in Rio de Janeiro
by John P. Sullivan, by José de Arimatéia da Cruz | Thu, 10/26/2023 - 5:04pm | 0 comments
The Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación: The most significant security challenge in the Mexico-United States relationship
by Raúl Benitez-Manaut, by Josué Ángel González Torres | Sat, 09/30/2023 - 8:50pm | 0 comments
SWJ El Book Review –  Mientras llega la alegría: transición inconclusa en las relaciones cívico-policiales (Chile, 1990-1994)
by Diego Ramírez Sánchez | Sat, 09/30/2023 - 6:24pm | 0 comments
El Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación: El mayor reto de seguridad en la relación México-Estados Unidos
by Raúl Benitez-Manaut, by Josué Ángel González Torres | Sat, 09/30/2023 - 4:32pm | 0 comments
SWJ El Centro Reseña del libro – Mientras llega la alegría: transición inconclusa en las relaciones cívico-policiales (Chile, 1990-1994)
by Diego Ramírez Sánchez | Sat, 09/30/2023 - 3:59pm | 0 comments