Criminal Youth Gangs

Points of Contact

• Terms of reference

Panama

Ecuador

Nicaragua

OAS General Assembly Resolution

• AG/RES.2144 (XXXV.O/05) Florida, USA, June 2005

Meetings

• Transnational Criminal Youth Gangs - Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico - 2005
• Regional Workshop "Alternativas al Sendero de las Maras", IDB - June 2005 (Only in Spanish Version)

Prevention

• Comprehensive Model. Nicaragua, June, 2005 (Only in Spanish Version)

Studies

• Criminal Youth Gangs in Central America, Mauricio Rubio - May 2003 (Only in Spanish Version)
• Drugs and Related Crimes: Local Initiatives in Criminal Youth Gangs Prevention Programs, El Salvador - March 2004 (Only in Spanish Version)
• "La mara, trucha y voraz Violencia Juvenil Organizada en Centroamérica", by Mauricio Rubio - June 2005 (Only in Spanish Version)
  • Executive Summary (Only in Spanish Version)
  • Presentation (Only in Spanish Version)

Articles

•  Gangs in United States, Narcotics Digest Weekly - October 2005
• Rehabilitation in El Salvador - November 2005

Contact Information

Adriana Carolina Quiroga: acquiroga@oas.org