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Security & Strategic Review - June 2015 (ISSN 1741-4202)
MEXICO-US: Is tighter border control deterring illegal migrants?
Two events in early June chilled relations between Mexico and the US: a ground fire attack on a helicopter of US Customs and Border Protection, and the enactment of a law in Texas that adds another US$310m to that state’s ‘border security plan’. The latter comes as the number of Mexican-born illegal immigrants is reported down by more than 15% from its peak of 2007 ― which some argue is proof that tighter border security is yielding results.
- Venezuela’s new ‘maritime defence zones’ encroach upon Guyana and Colombia
- COLOMBIA: The first month after the ceasefire was lifted
- MEXICO-US: Is tighter border control deterring illegal migrants?
- MEXICO: How many drug ‘cartels’ are still active?
- MEXICO: Firearms & violence: refining the data
- POINTERS
- URUGUAY: Puzzle of third ‘dummy bomb’
- ARGENTINA: Narrowing the homicide data gap
- BRAZIL: Coping with a rising inflow of refugees
- POINTERS
- BOLIVIA-PERU: Cocaine airbridge neutralised; llamas become mules
- POINTERS
- HONDURAS: With hiccups, homicide trends continue to decline
- EL SALVADOR: Conflicting theories about sudden spike in homicides