Here is my prep list for an upcoming trip to Honduras and El Salvador:

Third Generation Gangs and Criminal Insurgency in Latin America by Hal Brands. www.smallwarsjournal.com

Afterward: Law Enforcement Response Strategies for Criminal States and Criminal Soldiers by John P. Sullivan and Keith Weston

“Las Pandillas Más Peligrosas del Mundo” Diálogo Vol 19 No.1 2009

War, Like War or Something Else by Robert Killebrew. www.smallwarsjournal.com

Honduran-US Relations Congressional Research Service August 4, 2009 by Peter J. Meyer

Merida Initiative for Mexico and Central America: Funding and Policy Issues, Congressional Research Service by Clare Ribando Seelke

Also, although not CentAm this piece on organized crime in Brazil is very interesting. - “Irregular Warfare; Brazil’s Fight Against Criminal Urban Guerrillas” JSOU Report 09-08 September 2009

Chao

Mike