ORGANIZED CRIME IN
The Northern Triangle
Edited by
Cynthia J. Arnson and Eric L. Olson
Woodrow Wilson Center Reports on the Americas #
Latin American Program
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CONTENTS
1 Introduction
Cynthia J. Arnson and Eric L. Olson
18 Drug Trafficking Organizations in Central America:
Transportistas
, Mexican Cartels and Maras
Steven S Dudley
62 Honduras: Organized Crime Gained Amid PoliticalCrisis
James Bosworth
104 Organized Crime In El Salvador: Its Homegrown andTransnational Dimensions
Douglas Farah
140 Guatemala’s Crossroads: The Democratization ofViolence and Second Chances
Julie López
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