Most come from the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, although of late, relatively large numbers of Mexican nationals are being interdicted trying to cross the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and its Border Patrol interdicted an average of 72,233 migrants at the southwest border, which translates to 1.6 migrants every minute. Indeed, from October to December 2020, U.S. Closer to home, TCO violence is a significant contributor to the out-migration that has driven the consistently large numbers of migrants arriving at the United States southern border. This violence severely destabilizes the entire hemisphere. In Latin America, the TCOs often resort to extraordinary violence to address challenges by rivals, compel behavior of the local populace, and resist attempts by the local government to check their actions. In doing so over the years, these TCOs have become increasingly wealthy and powerful throughout the Western Hemisphere - so much so that in some regions of Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America, they compete (well) for primacy with governments.įederal Executive Fellow - The Brookings Institution This appetite drives demand, which TCOs in the Western Hemisphere happily meet.
It is no secret that the United States has a nearly unquenchable appetite for illegal drugs. Drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere Coast Guard to help mitigate that threat. cyber tools, and enhance the capabilities and capacity of the U.S. The new administration should likewise prioritize and bolster counter-TCO intelligence support, consider advancing the use of U.S.
The incoming Biden administration should be especially wary of the likely inevitable growth of fentanyl shipment through maritime areas and the potential for such organizations to use technology to engage in “gray zone”-like activities, which could make their trafficking operations even more effective. The activities of increasingly sophisticated transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) exacerbate that challenge for the whole of the Western Hemisphere.
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How to address the ongoing threat of illegal drug use in the United States remains a persistent challenge.
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