El Chapo Recaptured: The Kingpin Strategy
It is questionable that the re-arrest of Joaquin Guzman Loera, or Chapo Guzman, will be a meaningful step in long run and…
Gary J. Hale January 9, 2016
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Dead Man Walking – The Inevitable Fate of ‘El Chapo’ Guzman
Though authorities have launched a massive manhunt for drug kingpin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexicans across the board— fed up with their government's inability to function effectively — are on the cusp of a popular revolution that could change the political landscape of the nation.
Gary J. Hale November 5, 2015
Latin America Initiative | Commentary
Anti-corruption Reform in Mexico: What Will It Change? Mexico’s Senate is currently deliberating an amendment to the constitution that aims to eliminate corruption — an endemic problem in Mexico. However, the National Anti-Corruption System Act is not as the government and its allies would have the public believe. Instead, it is full of contradictions.
October 2, 2015
A Tunnel Rat Burrows Out of a Mexican Maximum-Security Prison
Nonresident fellow Gary Hale, former chief of intelligence in the Houston Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, pulls no punches in a blog on the escape of Mexican drug lord Chapo Guzman.
Gary J. Hale July 15, 2015
Latin America Initiative | Commentary
Costa Rica’s Search for a New President Erika de la Garza, program director of the Latin America Initiative, discusses the political fragmentation and need for coalition building in Costa Rica, where the recent presidential election resulted in a runoff.
February 4, 2014