Table des matières
4. Case studies
- 4.1. El Salvador
- 4.1.1. Repressive governmental policies towards the maras: Mano Dura and Súper Mano Dura
- 4.1.2. The historical context: El Salvador’s authoritarian past
- 4.1.3. The electoral context and public support of gang suppression
- 4.1.4. Preventive and rehabilitation approaches: Mano Amiga and Mano Extendida
- 4.1.5. Rhetoric and policies since the mid-2000s
- 4.2. Honduras
- 4.2.1. Governmental responses to the maras: Libertad Azul and the Ley Antimaras
- 4.2.2. Policy shift from repression to prevention
- 4.2.3. The return to the iron fist
- 4.3. Guatemala
- 4.3.1. Plan Escoba: the first governmental response to the maras
- 4.3.2. The Berger administration and differing opinions on gang repression and prevention
- 4.3.3. Guatemala’s authoritarian past and the country’s institutional weakness
- 4.3.3. Organized crime and drug trafficking: a new direction in Guatemalan security rhetoric