Going beyond a doorstep defense of U.S. security requires developing strategic responses to serious threats at some distance from U.S. borders. One such threat is that of third-country nationals who use Mexican territory as a gateway to enter the United States, often legally, to engage in criminal activity or to commit political violence. This project extends existing studies of transnational criminal gangs in Central America to anticipate methods and approaches that could be used by third-country nationals to enter the US to commit politically-motivated violence in the United States.
Central American Gangs as a Proxy for Criminal Activity and Terrorism
Increased flows in undocumented immigrants resulted in a concurrent rise in gang migration Deportation policies may have exported U.S. gang cult t C t l A i d M i lture to Central America and Mexico. “Revolving door Revolving door” migratory pattern...Read more
