Already weak and inefficient, prone to corruption, politicisation, lack of co-ordination between departments, and outright intimidation of its officials, judicial systems across the isthmus have been an easy target for organised crime. Guatemala has been the most obvious victim so far, but Honduras also suffers all the similar conditions to be the next in line.
中美洲司法制度的现状是可能导致国家失败的核心问题。因为脆弱、低效、腐败、政治化、不同部门间缺乏协调以及对官员的露骨恐吓，跨越地峡的司法制度一直是有组织犯罪的攻击目标。危地马拉是到目前为止最明显的受害者，但洪都拉斯也存在同样的问题，是继危地马拉之后的下一个失败国家。