{"id":8740,"date":"2016-04-11T14:17:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T00:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwp.insightcrime.org?p=8740"},"modified":"2023-04-24T15:51:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T20:51:25","slug":"expande-costa-rica-mara-salvatrucha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/expande-costa-rica-mara-salvatrucha\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfSe expande a Costa Rica la Mara Salvatrucha?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

El jefe de las fuerzas armadas de Honduras ha afirmado que pandillas  poderosas est\u00e1n ampliando su presencia en Costa Rica, pero el alcance de esta migraci\u00f3n criminal podr\u00eda ser exagerado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En una entrevista reciente con la agencia de noticias costarricense Diario Extra<\/a>, Francisco \u00c1lvarez Urbina declar\u00f3 que la lucha del ej\u00e9rcito hondure\u00f1o contra el crimen ha empujado a algunos miembros de Barrio 18 y la Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) hacia pa\u00edses cercanos, como Nicaragua y Costa Rica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Informes anteriores han indicado que Barrio 18 y la MS13 comenzaron a expandir su presencia por fuera de su fort\u00edn tradicional en Centroam\u00e9rica: el \u201cTri\u00e1ngulo Norte\u201d, conformado por Honduras, Guatemala y El Salvador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En 2012, medios de noticias salvadore\u00f1os afirmaron que estas pandillas ten\u00edan presencia en Belice<\/a>. Y en 2014, fuentes de noticias nicarag\u00fcenses insinuaron<\/a> que cientos de pandilleros afiliados a la MS13 operaban en el norte de su pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El jefe del ej\u00e9rcito hondure\u00f1o dijo que parte de esta migraci\u00f3n puede deberse a que las pandillas buscan establecer conexiones con grupos narcotraficantes transnacionales, para complementar los ingresos que obtienen del secuestro y la extorsi\u00f3n. \u201cHemos tenido datos sobre sus acercamientos [de los pandilleros] con carteles de droga\u201d, coment\u00f3 \u00c1lvarez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An\u00e1lisis de InSight Crime<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hay muchas razones<\/a> por las que grupos como Barrio 18 y MS13 querr\u00edan establecerse en Costa Rica. Las fuerzas de seguridad costarricenses no emplean actualmente t\u00e1cticas antipandillas tan agresivas como las aplicadas en el Tri\u00e1ngulo Norte, y el pa\u00eds tiene una participaci\u00f3n cada vez m\u00e1s importante como punto de tr\u00e1nsito para las drogas, lo que puede haber contribuido al crecimiento de los lucrativos mercados dom\u00e9sticos de la droga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/span><\/strong> Cobertura sobre Costa Rica<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sin embargo, Diario Extra inform\u00f3 que la Unidad de Investigaci\u00f3n Judicial de Costa Rica ha capturado a 11 miembros de Barrio 18 y de la MS13 en la \u00faltima d\u00e9cada \u2014hecho que dif\u00edcilmente indica una presencia amplia de ninguno de los grupos\u2014. Incluso, oficiales costarricenses se han alarmado bastante con la violencia en aumento<\/a> por disputas territoriales asociadas al negocio de la droga. No parece muy factible que grupos criminales sofisticados como Barrio 18 y MS13 siguieran adelante con planes<\/a> de expansi\u00f3n en un momento en que las autoridades costarricenses planean intensificar la lucha contra el crimen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En suma, es probable que Barrio 18 y la MS13 mantengan cierta presencia en Costa Rica, pero hay evidencia m\u00e1s sustancial que apunta a la evoluci\u00f3n<\/a> de grupos locales costarricenses como la mayor amenaza criminal que enfrenta el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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