Guatemal A Large Latin American Country

Today’s violence in El Salvador consists of ruthless gang members. According to CRS (Congressional Research Service) about 30,000 kids have joined the maras and it will continue to increase. Due to the gang violence, children are fleeing the country to prevent from becoming victims or recruited, furthermore families are streaming into the U.S to seek asylum. Alike today, El Salvador experienced the same immigration crisis back in 1980 when the civil war was the cause for Salvadorans to immigrate to the United Sates. Repression and violation of human rights was the root cause, now gang violence is the root cause striking a similar pattern of the effects of violence. In 1980, El Salvador’s right-wing government had death squads to kill citizens for suspicion of supporting a social reform. Military soldiers attacked many villages, including El Mozote in which men, women, and children were tortured and subjected to sexual violence.

Given these circumstances, El Salvador’s economy was largely shaped by the Guatemalan elite. Although, Guatemala had size and power, El Salvador was able to resist takeovers but it left them tough and often violent, leaving the perfect atmosphere to foster El Salvador’s gangs. Likewise, El Salvador has also had a history of violence because of the Salvadoran Civil War that lasted from 1979 to 1992. This civil war took the lives of approximately 80,000 soldiers and civilians in El Salvador (Wood, 1). The Civil War separated families as some were granted temporary protection in the United States during the war, and while others lived as undocumented migrants. Once the war ended, many migrants were sent back to El Salvador where conditions were not good. With a government recovering from a war, gangs saw an opportunity to build and start battling for territory. There are an estimated 25,000 gang members at large in El Salvador, while roughly another 9,000 are in prison (Guillermoprieto, 2). The two major gangs that rule El Salvador are MS13, which stands for Mara Salvatrucha, and Barrio 18, which references “18th Street” in Los

Both MS-13 and Barrio 18 created a lot of crimes in the Los Angles area, once gang members had been charged of several crimes, the United States government decided to deport them back to their country of origin. In the 90’s the U.S. brought airplanes full of gang members that the country no longer wanted to be responsible for and instead brought the crime over to El Salvador. During this time period, El Salvador was finishing the civil war and the government had basically started all over, the national police force was barely forming meaning that they lacked control over their citizens and over these thousands of gang members who were entering the country (Garsd, J., 2015). This situation left a gap for other groups to take control over the system and so they did.

Originating in the United States, ms-13 and similar gangs have had a devastating impact on central America. This article describes the origins from the United States and how through the Los Angeles Riots and other tough on crime policies had the effect of placing many immigrants and criminals back in their home country of central America. The deportees some of that might have been criminals and taken to the United States as children, united in desperation to become ms-13. The article further describes the brutality that the gangs have committed in the region. Through drug trade, smuggling and senseless murder, life in central America has been disturbed by gangs and have become a national security there. The dangers of gangs in central America

United States’ system has its foundation on an agreement between the people and the government to ensure that individual liberties continue to prosper under a free society. The Declaration of Independence lists three important rights that the Founding Fathers considered natural and unalienable. They are the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Government exists to protect these rights. On other hand, the purpose of Guatemala’s government, according to the Guatemala’s Constitution, is to promote the common welfare, the consolidation of the regime of legality, security, equality, justice, liberty and peace. Both countries have its foundation on democracy; nevertheless, there are specific characteristics that mark a difference between them.

Mexican Drug Cartels have been a problem for many years. The cartels are an organized crime organization and they don’t just deal drugs; they commit murders too. The Cartels origins are traced back to the Columbian Cali and Medellin mega-cartels who were responsible for the majority of drug trafficking into the United States. Crime has existed for many years but it surfaced more when Pablo Escobar was popular. Pablo Escobar was one the main transporters for cocaine throughout Mexico and the United States coming straight out of Columbia. Law enforcement tried to stop the drug trade but Escobar formed a relationship with Mexico-based traffickers who smuggled drugs into the United States. Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo also known as “The Godfather” of the cartels. Seeing how he established the Guadalajara Cartel, which is recognized as the first Mexican Cartel, and were the first to link up with Escobar and started the transportation of cocaine

Due to so much violence between the gangs it has led to people to get out of the country. Most of them were children. Seeking a safer environment, the parents send their kids to the United States. Some of the kids travel alone while others travel with a parent or relative. More than 70,000 children had come to the United States. The children were from Mexico, and from the Northern Triangle- Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. The majority of the children had come from the Northern Triangle, with about 74% of the children. These children are either trying to reconnect with a parent that left to the United States years ago or help a family in crushing poverty, as well as other reasons. Fifty-eight percent of 400 youths that were interviews had said they had been threatened, fear of serious harm, had suffered, by gangs. Most of the kids that had come from Mexico are taken back while for the others that are coming from the Northern Triangle are placed into a temporary shelter while their deportation proceeding are made. There was a law in 2008 (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act) that allows the children from Central America to have a court hearing before they are in a position to stay or be deported. The come of many children has been controversial because which was built under the Bush administration to deal with 6,000 to 8,000 children not with 52,000. The shelters that are

Due to the relative lack of research on Latino/a in the United States, we often take in information of them that is portrayed through the media, which provides negative perspectives that can easily screw a person 's view of Latina/os, especially those who are non Latina/os. Latinos are usually perceived as the drug dealer, illegal immigrant criminal, gang member, etc. Although not every Latino/a is any of the above, and like many other individuals of other races, there are some who do participate in illegal activity. Instead of trying to understand why these things occur, we often label them and tend to ignore/stay away from the issue, neglecting the problem. Therefore, one must understand why some Latino/a decide to join gangs, knowing it

Mexico has a long history of cartels the deaths, drugs and weapon trafficking is in all time high increasing year by year. “Mexico's gangs have flourished since the late 19th century, mostly in the north due to their proximity to towns along the U.S.-Mexico border. But it was the American appetite for cocaine in the 1970s that gave Mexican drug cartels immense power to manufacture and transport drugs across the border. Early Mexican gangs were primarily situated in border towns where prostitution, drug use, bootlegging and extortion flourished” (Wagner). They keep themselves armed and ready with gun supplies shipped from the U.S, taking control of the drug trades. The violence is spilling so out of control that

Many illegal immigrants come seeking a better life for their family. There are incredibly high crime rates in Latin America (Jackson). Latin Americans live with the fear of death, or the fear

Some do not have the choice. The only choice they are left with is either stay and be killed or take the risk of being killed with a better future if they make it. Many placing in Central America such as Honduras, where Enrique is from, is filled with violence caused by gangs. The crime rate is so high in San Pedro Sula, Honduras second largest city, that in 2014 the murder rate was 171 per 100,000 people. More than 97 percent of all murders go unsolved. Honduras doesn’t have the resources to battle this gangs. Many people in Honduras will avoid going out at all in order to be safe. It is not uncommon to be driving or walking to school or work and see a dead body in the sidewalk or a parking lot. Many of these murders go unsolved because the people that could help out authorities are either killed or are extremely scared to do anything about it. Young kids growing up in communities like this that don’t plan on emigrating in the United States will often join gangs. Children are a big target for gangs as they can be trained and taught to do what they want. Children will join gangs for a number of reasons. Some join to feel that they are a part of something, to feel that they have a family with people who care about them. Many are in this situation due to not growing up with their parents. This could be the kids of migrant mothers who make the journey into the United States to provide a better future for kids only to have them feel abandoned and find comfort in a gang. Others simply join out of fear. They join so that that gang will not kill them and by joining the gang, they have people who will defend them from other rival gangs. In Enrique’s journey, Enrique made friends from a gang called MS-13, also known as Mara Salvatrucha. His friendship didn’t last long but while he had it, his friends would have his back and help each other out. They even protected

When we think in terms of how the Latin American Narco groups can affect us here in the United States we only have to look as far as any neighborhood where the products they sell are smuggled into and distributed. The groups have for many years been fighting to gain control and power over the different regions of Mexico which is a principal player in the road a product takes to get to the United States. Once in a not so distant past Mexico was a more peaceful place where the cartels knew what their limits were and stayed under the firmer hand of the Mexican government that was in power. From December 1, 2006, through the first half of 2011, some 45,000 men, women, and children lost their lives at the hands of a dozen drug trafficking syndicates

What causes of problems Mayas and Other Native American groups face in Guatemala? To me, I think the cultural because most people in Mayas don't have anywhere to stay or either have a place to stay.Or either some people have own land and some don't.People there feel like they weren't meant to stay there feel like they don't belong there. Like for example, they feel like that the land they work is often of poor.Women feel like they are more of Gateman man than a Maya.How are people trying to solve these problems they are trying to create more free programs to help that don't have anywhere to

Guadeloupe is an overseas department of France and is a part of a group of islands in the chain of the Eastern Sea. The main territory of Guadeloupe consists of the twin islands of Basse-Terre to the west and Grande-Terre to the east, the two being separated by a narrow channel, the Salée River; other islands in the group are Marie-Galante to the southeast, La Désirade to the east, and the Saintes Islands (Terre-de-Haut and Terre-de-Bas) to the south. The Capital is Basse-Terre. The original language is French, it really doesn’t have a particular religion, and the monetary unit is the euro. The population is 399,000 (current in 2016).

Crime, death, and destruction is a big problem in Latin America. People are getting severely harmed and killed by many things, such as gangs drug, trafficking, human trafficking, not only those things but many others. A lot of people in the world are trying to help the people that are causing major problems to the world’s economy and the people living in it. Sadly, it doesn’t or won’t stop because people think they can do what they want and get away with anything they want without thinking that it’s bad enough not to go to jail. Although, the crime rate in Latin America is higher in some countries, like for instance Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Murders and violence are a big problem that need to be controlled and solved by not only government officials but the people themselves.