Pulitzer Center grantee Nick Miroff talks about an under-siege Central America and the Mexico drug cartels fighting to control the region's smuggling routes.
Fragile States: The Drug War in Central America
Mexican cartels vying for control over new drug routes in Central America have transformed Belize, Honduras and Costa Rica into their new frontiers, escalating violence and addiction in the region.
Costa Rica is rapidly becoming another hub in Central America for drug trafficking, a source of rapidly increasing violence and a looming threat to the region's peace and stability.
Journalist Nick Miroff and Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla discuss the biggest threat to this tranquil Central American nation: the encroaching drug cartels.
A new UN report shows Honduras to have the highest murder rate in the world. With Mexico's drug cartels looking for new routes to the U.S. market, the grim toll in Honduras is likely to get worse.
Central America's most peaceful nation is becoming more and more entangled in a violent drug war.
Environmentally-conscious Costa Rica implements a unique strategy in the drug war in Central America.
Honduras recorded 82.1 killings per 100,000 residents in 2010, making it the most violent country in the world. The violent surge is attributed to increasing transnational drug trade in the region and police corruption.
Mexico's drug war is seeping across borders into Central America, bringing an escalation of violence and drug use in the region.
A surge in cocaine trafficking has brought Honduras the world's highest per capita homicide rate. Nick Miroff tells the story of one violent incident that claimed two lives.
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Nick Miroff reports from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for The Washington Post. He is also a contributor to National Public Radio and GlobalPost. Miroff has a master’s...