This hearing focused on U.S. efforts to combat illegal drug trafficking and enhance security throughout Central America. Because of recent enforcement efforts in Mexico, drug traffickers are increasingly using Central America as a transshipment point for illegal drugs bound for the United States.
The hearing transcript is available here.
Chief of Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs and Hemispheric Security Coordinator, U.S. Department of State
Director, Latin America Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute and the former Vice President of Costa Rica