[HEMICRASHBOX]

Government crackdowns on gang violence, especially in Honduras and El Salvador, pushed gang members to move to other countries, including southern Mexico, which has a porous and easily crossable border.

hmmm.......

[in hoc signo vinces]

Kill them all...should solve the problem, and deter other "disaffected" youths from pursuing the same path.

[the_daug]

But you will need to nuke thier enablers too.......?

[kstewskis]

"If this continues at the same rate in the region, the gang members are going to become belligerent groups that are going to endanger stability and national security," Avila said.

They already are beligerent "groups" that have endangered stability of many communities and areas. How long are they going to wait, until they do something about them?

[lafroste]

I like El Salvador's poilce chief.

[brushcop]

Yes, that's what crackdowns are designed to do, until everyone catches on and does the same thing or totally eradicates them.

When I used to take a contingent of Boy Scouts into Mexico years ago on an annual event, a Mexican Scout leader pointed out graffiti that I should watch for and be concerned with when we started seeing it in the U.S.: MS-13's "tag" as they moved into Mexico from Honduras through Chiapas, Mex where a revolution was in full swing. "Revolution" as in terrorism.

I no longer take kids into Mexico, much less myself, family or friends, they can have their miserable country and government. There are some great folks there, friends of mine but they need to bite the bullet and take control of their government, I don't know how they would do that but that's something that only they can address.

[mtbopfuyn]

Police from the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Dominican Republic are meeting in San Salvador to discuss ways to combat gangs in the region.

Discussions don't equal action. Talk, talk, talk. And why do we need to send our officers down there? If they don't have enough crime to keep them busy on their own turf, have them patrol our own porous border.

[ansel12]

Sounds like the same old thinking that has kept the latino countries from ever becoming anything good in the first place.

They should study the world's greatest success story and try to emulate it's form of government and policing.

This is a case of a flawed form of nation , military crackdown, number 5001 is not the answer.

[Right Wing Assault]

So do it!