The ELN in Colombia reacted to Trump’s threats with an armed strike, the turf war intensified between rival gangs in Ecuador’s Machala prison, and violence escalated in Sinaloa, Mexico.
Interim President Delcy Rodríguez faces risks of further US actions, social unrest from a galvanized opposition movement, internal power struggles, and resistance from armed groups not under government control.
ACLED Senior analyst Tiziano Breda comments on the US military operation in Venezuela.
ACLED CEO Prof. Raleigh comments on the US intervention in Venezuela.
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The ELN in Colombia reacted to Trump’s threats with an armed strike, the turf war intensified between rival gangs in Ecuador’s Machala prison, and violence escalated in Sinaloa, Mexico.
Interim President Delcy Rodríguez faces risks of further US actions, social unrest from a galvanized opposition movement, internal power struggles, and resistance from armed groups not under government control.
ACLED Senior analyst Tiziano Breda comments on the US military operation in Venezuela.
ACLED CEO Prof. Raleigh comments on the US intervention in Venezuela.
Spreading criminal activity, developments in neighboring Colombia, and US attention on drug trafficking will affect Noboa’s ability to curb rising violence.
La propagación de la actividad criminal, los acontecimientos en la vecina Colombia y el foco que Estados Unidos tiene puesto en el tráfico de drogas afectarán a la capacidad de Noboa para frenar el aumento de la violencia.
Militarized responses to organized crime are likely to spread further as governments adopt tough-on-crime measures and the US exerts more pressure.
Anti-gang operations in Haiti escalated around Port-au-Prince, the killing of a mayor in Mexico triggered protests, and the Trump administration doubled down its pressure on Maduro.
Gangs have resorted less to public displays of violence during the state of exception, but their presence in urban areas has not been dented, while organized crime groups have expanded their activities in rural areas.