Significant improvements to this situation will be hard won. Central American politicians’ habitual tough talk on violent crime has paid few dividends in practice; it makes little impact on drug cartels, whose resources often far outweigh those of the local police or army.
对局面的重大改变很难获得。中美洲政客针对暴力犯罪惯用的强硬态度实际上起不到什么作用，它对贩毒卡特尔几乎没有影响，贩毒集团掌握的资源常远远超过当地的军队和警察。人们毫无疑问会关注美国向安全部队提供更多的物资和技术支持，《梅里达倡议》条款规定的中美洲资金援助受到广泛的欢迎，但从全局来看可能仍然不够。