Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Drug Trafficking: Central America’s Dark Shadow


[i] Archibold, Randal C. and Damien Cave.  “Drug Wars Push Deeper into Central America” The New York Times, 23 March 2011.
[ii] Nicaraguan Ambassador to the U.S. Francisco Campbell, in discussion with COHA, 7 July 2011.
[iii] “Drug Interdiction,” United States Coast Guard: Department of Homeland Security, 8 January 2010.  http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg531/drug_interdiction.asp
[iv] “International Narcotics Control Strategy Report,” United States Department of State:  Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, March 2011.http://photos.state.gov/libraries/mauritius/320773/PDF_documents/incsr_2011_v1.pdf.
[v] Rogers, Tim.  “Central America: United they stand, or divided they fall?” Global Post, 9 June 2011.

[vi] Beaubien, Jason.  “Mexican Cartels Spread Violence to Central America,” NPR, 30 May 2011.http://www.npr.org/2011/05/30/136690257/mexican-cartels-spread-violence-to-central-america.

[vii] “The Drug War Hits Central America,” The Economist, 14 April 2011. http://www.economist.com/node/18560287.

[viii]Archibold, Randal C. “Honduras: Cocaine Lab Said to Be Sign of Mexican Gangs,” New York Times, 10 March 2011.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/world/americas/11webbrfs-Honduras.html.

[ix] “The Tormented Isthmus,” The Economist, 14 April 2011.http://www.economist.com/node/18558254.
[x] “International Narcotics Control Strategy Report,” United States Department of State:  Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, March 2011. http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/156575.pdf.
[xi] “Purposes of SICA,” SICA:  Central American Integration System, 2009.  http://www.sica.int/sica/propositos_en.aspx?IdEnt=401&IdmStyle=2&Idm=2.
[xii] Federico Arce, in discussion with the author, 12 July 2011.
[xiii] “Crime is both Cause, Consequence of Poverty, Third Committee Told as it Begins Discussion of Crime Prevention, International Drug Control” United Nations Information Services, 10 October 2005. http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2005/gashc3817.html.
[xiv] Federico Arce, in discussion with the author, 12 July 2011.
[xv] “World Drug Report 2011,” United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2011. http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/WDR2011/WDR2011-ExSum.pdf.
[xvi] Congressional Aide, in correspondence with the author, 19 July 2011.
[xvii] “The Tormented Isthmus,” The Economist, 14 April 2011.http://www.economist.com/node/18558254.
[xviii] “The Merida Initiative,” U.S. Department of State. http://www.state.gov/p/inl/merida/
[xix] Seekle, Clare Ribando.  “Mérida Initiative for Mexico and Central
America: Funding and Policy Issues,” Congressional Research Service, 19 April 2010. http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/141560.pdf
[xx] Federico Arce, in discussion with the author, 12 July 2011.
[xxi]“The Threat of Narco-trafficking in the Americas,” United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,October 2008. http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/Studies/OAS_Study_2008.pdf.


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