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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:

by Malcolm Beith | Fri, 12/28/2018 - 12:17am | 0 comments
by The Daily Beast | Wed, 12/26/2018 - 8:49pm | 0 comments
On the 25th anniversary of the cartel chief’s death, his right-hand man reveals the Coke King’s secrets in an exclusive new series for The Daily Beast.
by SWJ Editors | Wed, 12/12/2018 - 4:42am | 0 comments
by Stephen B. Young | Wed, 11/28/2018 - 8:18am | 0 comments
by Malcolm Beith | Sat, 11/03/2018 - 2:21pm | 0 comments
by The Wall Street Journal | Fri, 11/02/2018 - 3:38pm | 0 comments
“Gangs such as MS-13 and Barrio 18 prey on their own neighborhoods in a violent, chaotic model spreading through the region.”
by SWJ Editors | Tue, 10/16/2018 - 2:13pm | 0 comments
Continue on for a full transcript of the Attorney General's remarks to include a listing of the criminal groups identified as the United States' top transnational organized crime threats.