Luis Rubio, director of the Mexico City-based think tank Center of Research for Development (CIDAC), recently published a book in which he concludes that México's #1 problem is the absence of the rule of law and high impunity.
Today, El Salvador's police lack the resources to carry out thorough investigations, and the courts are often ineffective and subject to political influence, leading to the high impunity rates that are common in the region.
Today, El Salvador's police lack the resources to carry out thorough investigations, and the courts are often ineffective and subject to political influence, leading to the high impunity rates that are common in the region.
In a situation of low skills, poor coordination, and high impunity, beefing up existing border security will increase abuses and trigger more violence without actually reducing migrant flows or trafficking".
Initially, I found it hard to care much about the grassroots movement to legalize pot – the right to get high with impunity seemed like a very trivial concern given the other issues facing the nation.
What would happen if violent extremists, in and outside of Tunisia, point to high-level impunity as an instrument of propaganda for their horrific acts?
"This shows the high level of impunity in Honduras.
The country ranks high in corruption, impunity, poverty and inequality.
"There's an incredibly high level of impunity for those crimes," he said.
Few are ever convicted because politicians enjoyed a high degree of impunity.
