Northern Triangle Struggles

How senseless would it be for a government to be as corrupt as an Organized Crime Group? Organized Crime Groups are criminal groups that engage illegal activities. Governments around the world are primarily established to create laws for the safety of their country. Unfortunately, not every country’s governments institute authority. The Northern Triangle which is made up of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala is a frightening illustration of a tainted government’s image. The Northern Triangle’s governmental priority should be to reduce the corruption of Organized Crime, rather than enhance it. As an alternative of minoring the rates of Organized Crime, the government is concentrating on their individual safety from the tribulation the groups …show more content…
The three countries in Central America were nicknamed “The Northern Traingle” for commerical purposes; now it is only a symbol of horrifying violence. The trafficking and homicide rates in The Northern Traingle are increasing rapidly, from Organized Crime to common crime. In the article ‘As deadly as armed conflict? Gang violence and forced displacement in the Northern Triangle of Central America’ the author states that “Trends in the origins and nature of both organized crime and criminal gang activity pose a grave threat to governance in Central America.” (pg77) The smuggling of drugs from South America to North America’s primary route is through the Carribean sea. The Northern Triangle's government is so dishonored and weak that the three countries are among the most dangerous and unsafe countries in the world. In the Journal OUTGUNNED: THE HONDURAN FIGHT AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL COCAINE TRAFFICKERS the author dialogs about Honduras saying, “Recent estimates now declare this region to be the chosen route for drug traffickers, with an estimated 90 percent of the cocaine destined for the United States traveling through Central America and Mexico.” This deception of the government benefits the drug traffickers to cross their merchandise through The Northern Triangle. Some of the organized groups that are in The Northern Traingle are the Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations, Domestic Organized Crime groups, and the Transnational gangs. In this atrocious triangle, the youth is among the most wanted by this Organized crime groups. Nature of security has allowed criminal groups to commit crimes with impunity. “Proportionally, the country has the highest gang membership in Central America and offences perpetrated by these youth gangs {maras) have contributed to Honduras' notoriety as one of the most violent countries outside of war territory.” The