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Central American presidents signed a treaty against youth gangs on Jan. 14, calling them a threat to regional security. Describing the gangs as "one of the elements that destabilize Central America," Oscar Santamaria, secretary general of the Sistema de la Integracion Centroamericana (SICA), said the deal signed by Presidents Oscar Berger of Guatemala, Francisco Flores of El Salvador, Ricardo Maduro of Honduras, and Enrique Bolanos of Nicaragua would create "an environment of security throughout the region" (see NotiCen, 2003-11-13).
Two days later, in Honduras, Central American and Dominican Republic police chiefs signed a similar document, pledging cooperation, exchange of information, and the creation of a database of delinquents.
The database will contain files on specific crimes linked to particular "maras," as the gangs are called, the migratory movements of individuals assumed to be members, and the sine qua non of police intelligence work, the modus operandi.
Honduras and El Salvador have passed laws in the past year, and controversy has followed (see NotiCen, 2003-09-11). The officials have drawn their authority for these new pacts from these laws and from efforts at regional integration. Santamaria admonished that Central Americans need to get over the notion that integration is just about economics. "Integration appears to be about economics alone, but the truth is that integration has to be in all areas, integration is a multisector focus." He cited...
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