Sanchez Ceren inherits security mess in El Salvador

I have a new column up at the World Politics Review that, like many others popping up in the news, criticizes Mauricio Funes' approach to security. As I've made clear, I was a supporter of the gang truce. Given the extreme violence of gangs, drug traffickers, and organized crime, the weak Salvadoran government was in no position to confront daily violence in 2012. 

I hoped that the truce would provide an opportunity for some gang members to "return" to civilian life and for the government to come up with a new plan to combat public security (see my previous Al Jazeera posts). 

Unfortunately, neither reform seems to have taken hold. There have been a few examples of gang members taking advantage of the truce to turn things around but very little in terms of security reform at the national level.

You can read the entire post here (http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/13824/el-salvador-s-new-president-must-deal-with-wreckage-of-gang-truce)