Mexican media outlets challenge the federal government’s account over the deaths of 16 vigilantes, while academics create a system to measure and compare global levels of impunity. 

Of the nine countries in the region, from Mexico to Panama (including the Dominican Republic), El Salvador is the country with the highest rates of individuals arrested for trafficking in illegal arms, although Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, and Honduras also have significant rates.  

The end of the grand paramilitary confederation has implications for the ongoing peace process with the FARC, as the AUC’s demobilized veterans warn of the dangers of not having legal certainty.