Latin American progressive leaders are increasingly being backed into a corner on organized crime by pressure from the Trump administration and their own voters, who point to the results from El Salvador's war on gangs. Trump has declared a slew of Latin American criminal groups to be foreign terrorist organizations and threatened military action on an array of countries. Trump has also pointed to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele as what he wants to see for the rest of the region. That is pressuring more progressive administrations in Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala that have pitched more holistic solutions to endemic problems, like rooting out corruption and offering youth economic opportunities.
