Chapter Eight: Latin America

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In an attempt to counter endemic violence, tougher security policies were unveiled in 2014 by the three countries of Central America’s ‘northern triangle’: Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. The measures often included a military component, raising concerns about a deepening dependence on the armed forces for internal security. Such fears were compounded by the breakdown of the truce between the gangs of El Salvador – the region’s most significant security initiative not to involve the use of force – which led to an increasing number of homicides, particularly assassinations of police officers. Despite declining murder rates in Honduras and Guatemala, the northern triangle became the epicentre of a renewed wave of emigration to the United States. Many of these migrants were unaccompanied children, who put their fates in the hands of human smugglers nicknamed ‘coyotes’.
第八章:拉丁美洲
为了打击普遍存在的暴力,中美洲“北部三角”的三个国家洪都拉斯、危地马拉和萨尔瓦多于2014年公布了更严厉的安全政策。这些措施通常包括军事部分,这引起了人们对国内安全日益依赖武装部队的担忧。萨尔瓦多各帮派之间休战的破裂- -该区域不涉及使用武力的最重要的安全倡议- -使这种担忧更加严重,这导致杀人事件,特别是暗杀警察的事件越来越多。尽管洪都拉斯和危地马拉的谋杀率有所下降,但北部三角地区仍成为美国新一波移民潮的中心。这些移民中有许多是无人陪伴的儿童,他们将自己的命运交到绰号为“郊狼”的人贩子手中。
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