Date of Award
Spring 5-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
June 2026
College Granting Degree
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Timothy J. Steigenga
Abstract
This thesis argues that the most effective policy approaches for remedying transnational organized criminal activity require international, state, and local dimensions. I conduct a comparative case study of El Salvador and Mexico that highlights the successes of Nayib Bukele’s severe crackdown and preventative methods in El Salvador and the specific inadequacies of Claudia Sheinbaum and Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s negotiation and cooperation strategies in Mexico. In both cases, the ‘war on drugs’ pushed for by the United States limited effectiveness on the international level and inhibited the formation of effective multilateral agreements. But the progress made on the local and state level in El Salvador is unquestionable. While Bukele’s policies have been legitimately criticized for violating human rights and due process in El Salvador, they have been significantly more successful in dealing with transnational organized crime than those of successive governments in Mexico
Recommended Citation
Barral, Connor, "ANALYSIS MODEL FOR TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME IN LATIN AMERICA AND EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS" (2025). Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses. 27.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_honors/27