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Police Reform

Costa Rican police frisk a civilian in the street. Policía en Costa Rica cachean a un ciudadano en la calle.
Posted inNews Security Policy

As Security Crisis Deepens, Costa Rica Struggles

by Sam Woolston and Beatriz Vicent Fernández 20 Feb 202420 Feb 2024
Rows of Honduran soldiers deployed under state of emergency
Posted inNews Security Policy

Honduras and El Salvador: Two States of Emergency With Very Different Results

Steven Dudley by Peter Appleby and Steven Dudley 6 Dec 20237 Dec 2023
Venezuelan authorities arrest illegal police uniform vendor
Posted inNews Venezuela

Official Uniforms Flood Venezuela’s Black Markets

Avatar photo by Venezuela Investigative Unit 17 Nov 202320 Nov 2023
A bus in Rio de Janeiro which was set on fire by militias in Brazil.
Posted inNews Brazil Militias

Local Police Could Disrupt Attempts to Remove Militias From Rio, Brazil

by Chris Dalby 9 Nov 202310 Nov 2023
Expansión del Cartel del Noreste en Nuevo León sería la causa de los asesinatos de policías en el estado
Posted inNews Mexico

Is Northeast Cartel Expansion Driving Killings of Police in Nuevo León, Mexico? 

by Parker Asmann and Christopher Newton 7 Sep 202313 Oct 2023
Soldiers try to calm down a crowd after a prison massacre in Ecuador in July 2023.
Posted inNews Security Policy

Are Ecuador’s Army, Police, and Prisons Beyond Reform?

by Chris Dalby 5 Sep 202310 Jan 2024
Posted inNews

Uruguay’s Homegrown Crime Groups Likely to Stay Local, Study Says

by Christopher Newton 14 Aug 202313 Oct 2023
A man armed with a machete on a street in Port-au-Prince.
Posted inNews Haiti

Haiti’s Anti-Gang Vigilantes May Pose Future Criminal Threat

by Henry Shuldiner 9 May 202313 Oct 2023
Three members of Chile's police force were killed in under a month.
Posted inNews Chile

Chile Hands New Powers to Police as Security Deteriorates

by Gavin Voss 18 Apr 202313 Oct 2023
Police squad cars parked outside the police headquarters in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
Posted inNews Brazil

Brazil Case Illustrates Struggle With Corrupt Police

by Chris Dalby 14 Feb 202313 Oct 2023
Posted inNews El Salvador

Is Nayib Bukele’s ‘Iron Fist’ in El Salvador Working?

Steven Dudley by Steven Dudley 9 Feb 202313 Oct 2023
Posted inNews Haiti

Haiti Gangs Embrace Political and Police Chaos

by Henry Shuldiner and Chris Dalby 31 Jan 202313 Oct 2023

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