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Expectations of change for the citizenry opened when Xiomara Castro assumed
the presidency of Honduras on January 27, 2022, with the promise that she would
fight for the defense of human rights. “The re-foundation of Honduras begins with
the re-establishment of the human being, the inviolability of life, the security of
citizens, no more death squads, no more silence in the face of femicides, no more
hired killings, no more drug trafficking or organized crime. We want Honduran
men and women to feel the presence of the State guaranteeing their rights, where
they can live in peace”
However, faced with a complex scenario of demands for responses to social
scourges such as extortion, the Castro government intends to counteract this
problem by emulating strategies applied by neighboring El Salvador; the adoption
of extraordinary measures to combat crime by declaring a state of emergency; the
displacement of the Military Police of Public Order (PMOP) to the streets and the
return of control of prisons to the military.4
Despite these measures (some of which have been in place for decades), the high
homicide rates that keep Honduras in the highest rankings of violence persist.
Also, massacres and the increase in femicides continue to alarm citizens, who
perceive the lack of capacity of state institutions to fulfill their basic functions of
providing security. Likewise, there continues to be a dire perception of the erosion
of security and justice institutions due to corruption and drug trafficking.
In this context, the following questions arise: what are the violent acts that mark
the security crises in the country; why do measures such as the state of exception
persist despite the scarce results and the profound repercussions on the democratic state; are we facing old or new strategies to confront criminality and crime;
and how effective is the Castro government in confronting a criminality that generates a high perception of insecurity among the citizens?