R. Evan Ellis

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Honduras: A Pariah State, or Innovative Solutions to Organized Crime Deserving U.S. Support

Beschreibung

Since his election in 2013, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has made significant changes in the strategy and institutions of the country in combating the interrelated scourges of organized crime and violent gangs, which have prejudiced Honduras as well as its neighbors. Principal among these changes are the creation of a new inter-agency structure, de la Fuerza de Seguridad Interinstitucional Nacional (the National Inter-Agency Security Force [FUSINA]), integrating the military, police, prosecutors, special judges, and other state resources to combat organized crime and delinquency in the country. More controversially, he has created a new police force within the military, the Policía Militar del Orden Público (Military Police of Public Order [PMOP]), which has been deployed both to provide security to the nation's principal urban areas, Tegucigalpa, Comayagüela and San Pedro Sula, and to participate in operations against organized crime groups. In the fight against narcotrafficking, he has advanced a concept of three interdependent "shields" 1. An air shield to better control Honduran airspace, initiated in January 2014, enabling the shoot-down of suspected drug flights and the acquisition of three radars from Israel to support intercepts by the Honduran air force; 2. A maritime shield, with new naval bases on the country's eastern coast, and new shallow-water and riverine assets for intercepting smugglers; and, 3. A land shield, including enhanced control of the border with Guatemala through the Task Force "Maya Chorti." Beyond FUSINA, the Hernandez administration has also sought to reform the national police, albeit with slow progress. It is also reforming the penitentiary system, which has been dominated by the criminal gangs MS-13 and B-18. The new security policies of the Hernandez administration against transnational organized crime and the gang threat, set forth in its Inter-Agency Security Plan and "OPERATION MORAZÁN," have produced notable successes. With U.S. assistance, FUSINA and the Honduran government dismantled the leadership of the nation's two principal family-based drug smuggling organizations, the Cachiros and the Valle Valles, and significantly reduced the use of the national territory as a drug transit zone, particularly narco flights. Murders in the country have fallen from 86.5 per 100,000 in 2011, to 64 per 100,000 in 2014. This monograph focuses on the evolution of the transnational organized crime and gang challenges in Honduras, the strategies and structures of the Hernandez administration in combating them, associated challenges, and recommendations for the U.S. military and policymakers to support the country in such efforts. Related products: West Side Story Project Toolkit: Crime Prevention on a New Stage can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/027-000-01419-4 Military Police: The Professional Bulletin -semi-annual print periodical subscription can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/708-069-00000-1?ctid The Evolution of Los Zetas in Mexico and Central America: Sadism as an Instrument of Cartel Warfare can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01085-4 Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952-1954: Guatemala can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/044-000-02571-0 Americas--North, Central, & South resources collection can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/international-foreign-affairs/americas-north-central-south Other products produced by the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/1609

Autor

R. EVAN ELLIS is a research professor of Latin American Studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute with a focus on the region's relationships with China and other non-Western Hemisphere actors. Dr. Ellis has presented his work in a broad range of business and government forums in 25 countries. He has given testimony on Chinese activities in Latin America to the U.S. Congress on multiple occasions and has discussed his work regarding China and other external actors in the region on a broad range of radio and television programs, including CNN International, CNN En Español, The John Bachelor Show, Voice of America, and Radio Marti. Dr. Ellis is cited regularly in the print media in both the United States and Latin America for his work in this area. Dr. Ellis has published over 130 works, including China in Latin America: The Whats and Wherefores (2009), The Strategic Dimension of Chinese Engagement with Latin America (2013), and China on the Ground in Latin America (2014). Dr. Ellis holds a Ph.D. in political science with a specialization in comparative politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: United States Dept. of Defense
• Seitenzahl: 97
• Altersempfehlung: 18 bis 10 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781584877233
• ISBN-10: 1584877235
• Artikelnr.: 49011890