Human rights violations by self-defense groups in the fight against terrorism and organized crime in West Africa and Latin America

Abstract

The inability of the States of West Africa and Latin America to guarantee national security has caused great concern among the population of those two areas, who have seen themselves in those two areas, who have been forced to take charge of their own security. Thus, the flourishing of different militias to deal with terrorism and organized crime. Precisely there is talk of a violent combat that dates back more than ten years, that is, lately the populations of these two areas live daily in an unhealthy environment due to the presence of armed men; which translates into an unfavorable climate for development, education and freedom of movement without any restriction and terror.

International terrorism in West Africa and organized crime in Latin America have shown the entire world the limits of government security and defense policies in these two subregions; these are two different subregions, which, of course, will explain different cultures, realities that are not identical, but these two subregions share a high rate of insecurity because one faces international terrorism and the other international crime.