Publication

This report focuses on the rise of Central American gangs, the ubiquitous violence that has followed in their wake, and the unsuccessful attempts by the region’s governments to address the social ills created by the ‘Mafia of the poor’. What the authorities should do, the text continues, is reduce the negative impact of gangs without necessarily branding them as enemies of the people. Well if that’s the case, then targeting the social and economic roots of gang culture might be a good place to start.