Currently he is a candidate for the degree of doctor of philosophy. In 2003, the government in honduras introduced mano dura iron fist and the ley antimaras anti. Eligibility guidelines for assessing the international. Strength anti mara rescues young who would be executed fnamp rescues 22yearold who had been kidnapped from colony carmen elena to be executed. The program for the protection of witnesses is composed of six technical evaluation teams that receive applications for protection and are distributed as follows. Honduras under the violence and extortion of the maras. These security policies aimed at stopping crime by incarcerating members of the violent youth. In addition, he called for the enactment of his proposed anti gang statute, the ley anti maras.
Nov 12, 2010 three young people are murdered every day in honduras. The presence and activities of mara salvatrucha ms or. Three young people are murdered every day in honduras. Mara salvatrucha ms and their violent world pageiii abstract. Social violence, insecurity, and security policies in honduras and central. Central american gangrelated asylum a resou r ce guide ma y 2008. Mano dura iron fist and the ley antimaras antigang law. This paper follows the beginnings of one of the most notorious transnational street gangs in existence today. The commission has followed the human rights situation in honduras with particularly close attention, and it has observed, through its reports, a series of structural issues in the areas of justice, security, marginalization and discrimination, which have affected for decades the human rights of its people. Mara salvatrucha or ms and barrio dieciocho or 18th street gang. Local impacts of a national programme article pdf available in policing and society 221.
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