MattB
2014-06-14 18:48:06 UTC
Expert: Gang violence in Central America to blame for spike in illegal
immigration
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/06/12/expert-gang-violence-in-central-america-to-blame-for-spike-in-illegal/
More than 47,000 unaccompanied minors have illegally crossed the
border into the U.S. from Mexico so far this year, according to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection. Almost 75 percent of the children
apprehended are from Honduras, Guatemala or El Salvador.
Increased violence by gangs involved in the drug trade is one of the
main reasons minors give for leaving their home countries.
Each of these countries are on the corridor of drug trafficking
northward from Venezuela and elsewhere in South America, said Roger
Noriega, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The
relatively weak governments in Central America do not have the
resources to take on the narcos.
Noriega blames the U.S. in part for not assisting the region in
combating the drug trade and failing to provide packages to help boost
local economies. Noriega says these actions could help to decrease the
incentive to migrate to the U.S.
We should be holding more people accountable, Noriega said. There
should be sanctions against people in the El Salvadoran government who
are involved in narco trafficking and countries like Honduras and
Guatemala [provide] security assistance.
Noreiga, a former U.S. Ambassador to Organization of American States,
says the White House should be aware drug cartels are not looking to
run from law enforcement, but rather actively support gang-friendly
governments.
immigration
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/06/12/expert-gang-violence-in-central-america-to-blame-for-spike-in-illegal/
More than 47,000 unaccompanied minors have illegally crossed the
border into the U.S. from Mexico so far this year, according to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection. Almost 75 percent of the children
apprehended are from Honduras, Guatemala or El Salvador.
Increased violence by gangs involved in the drug trade is one of the
main reasons minors give for leaving their home countries.
Each of these countries are on the corridor of drug trafficking
northward from Venezuela and elsewhere in South America, said Roger
Noriega, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The
relatively weak governments in Central America do not have the
resources to take on the narcos.
Noriega blames the U.S. in part for not assisting the region in
combating the drug trade and failing to provide packages to help boost
local economies. Noriega says these actions could help to decrease the
incentive to migrate to the U.S.
We should be holding more people accountable, Noriega said. There
should be sanctions against people in the El Salvadoran government who
are involved in narco trafficking and countries like Honduras and
Guatemala [provide] security assistance.
Noreiga, a former U.S. Ambassador to Organization of American States,
says the White House should be aware drug cartels are not looking to
run from law enforcement, but rather actively support gang-friendly
governments.