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The excessive growth of organized crime in Latin America, in terms of the plurality of manifestations and the seriousness of their impact, has led to a singular erosion of security, peaceful coexistence and social well-being, while at the same time breaching the consubstantial principles of democrac...
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| description | The excessive growth of organized crime in Latin America, in terms of the plurality of manifestations and the seriousness of their impact, has led to a singular erosion of security, peaceful coexistence and social well-being, while at the same time breaching the consubstantial principles of democracy, violates fundamental rights and the criminal contagion of the economic and financial system. Faced with this situation of extreme gravity, many Latin American governments have resorted to the use of their Armed Forces to counteract the criminal threat. And these, within their novel attributions, have opted for the strategic use of intelligence capabilities in the fight against organized crime. Decision that has opened a relevant debate on the adequacy, not only of the recourse to the military establishment for this purpose - aside from the police forces -, but the delicate task of involving military personnel in intelligence work within the national territory with operational autonomy, detached from the respective national intelligence services, with all the prolegomena that such intervention can entail in operational terms and of democratic quality, and respect for the constitutional social and democratic state of law. |
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| spelling | urvio-article-29522021-07-13T03:39:31Z Military intelligence and organized crime. Challenges to debate in Latin America Inteligencia militar y criminalidad organizada. Retos a debatir en América Latina/ Military intelligence and organized crime. Challenges to debate in Latin America Sansó-Rubert, Daniel América Latina criminalidad organizada delincuencia organizada democracia Fuerzas Armadas inteligencia criminal inteligencia militar The excessive growth of organized crime in Latin America, in terms of the plurality of manifestations and the seriousness of their impact, has led to a singular erosion of security, peaceful coexistence and social well-being, while at the same time breaching the consubstantial principles of democracy, violates fundamental rights and the criminal contagion of the economic and financial system. Faced with this situation of extreme gravity, many Latin American governments have resorted to the use of their Armed Forces to counteract the criminal threat. And these, within their novel attributions, have opted for the strategic use of intelligence capabilities in the fight against organized crime. Decision that has opened a relevant debate on the adequacy, not only of the recourse to the military establishment for this purpose - aside from the police forces -, but the delicate task of involving military personnel in intelligence work within the national territory with operational autonomy, detached from the respective national intelligence services, with all the prolegomena that such intervention can entail in operational terms and of democratic quality, and respect for the constitutional social and democratic state of law. El auge desmedido de la criminalidad organizada en América Latina, en términos de pluralidad de manifestaciones y de gravedad del impacto de las mismas, ha acarreado una singular erosión de la seguridad, la convivencia pacífica y el bienestar social, al tiempo que quiebra los principios consustanciales de la democracia, conculca derechos fundamentales y se produce el contagio criminal del sistema económico y financiero. Ante esta situación de extrema gravedad, muchos Gobiernos latinoamericanos han recurrido al empleo de sus Fuerzas Armadas para contrarrestar la amenaza criminal. Y estas, dentro de sus novedosas atribuciones, han apostado por el empleo estratégico de las capacidades de inteligencia en la lucha contra la criminalidad organizada. Decisión que ha abierto un relevante debate sobre la adecuación, no solo del recurso al estamento militar para este cometido -al margen de los cuerpos policiales-, sino lo delicado de implicar a personal militar en labores de inteligencia dentro del territorio nacional con autonomía operativa, desligados de los respectivos servicios de inteligencia nacionales, con todos los prolegómenos que dicha intervención puede acarrear en términos operativos y de calidad democrática, y respeto al Estado constitucional social y democrático de derecho. Abstract The excessive growth of organized crime in Latin America, in terms of the plurality of manifestations and the seriousness of their impact, has led to a singular erosion of security, peaceful coexistence and social well-being, while at the same time breaching the consubstantial principles of democracy, violates fundamental rights and the criminal contagion of the economic and financial system. Faced with this situation of extreme gravity, many Latin American governments have resorted to the use of their Armed Forces to counteract the criminal threat. And these, within their novel attributions, have opted for the strategic use of intelligence capabilities in the fight against organized crime. Decision that has opened a relevant debate on the adequacy, not only of the recourse to the military establishment for this purpose - aside from the police forces -, but the delicate task of involving military personnel in intelligence work within the national territory with operational autonomy, detached from the respective national intelligence services, with all the prolegomena that such intervention can entail in operational terms and of democratic quality, and respect for the constitutional social and democratic state of law. 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| spellingShingle | Sansó-Rubert, Daniel Military intelligence and organized crime. Challenges to debate in Latin America |
| title | Military intelligence and organized crime. Challenges to debate in Latin America |
| title_full | Military intelligence and organized crime. Challenges to debate in Latin America |
| title_fullStr | Military intelligence and organized crime. Challenges to debate in Latin America |
| title_full_unstemmed | Military intelligence and organized crime. Challenges to debate in Latin America |
| title_short | Military intelligence and organized crime. Challenges to debate in Latin America |
| title_sort | military intelligence and organized crime. challenges to debate in latin america |
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