Timeline

18 historical events

region:
1908 — 1925

Mexicali Red-Light District Era

Mexico, Baja California, US-Mexico Border
border studiessocial historygamblingprostitution
1948 — 1958

La Violencia

Colombia
civil warpartisan violencedisplacement
1948-02-25

Founding of ECLAC (CEPAL)

Latin America
institutionsdevelopment economics
1948-04-09

Assassination of Gaitán and the Bogotazo

Colombia
assassinationurban uprisingpopulism
1959-01-01 — 1959-01-08

Triumph of the Cuban Revolution

Cuba, Caribbean
revolutionCold War
1964

Founding of FARC

Colombia
guerrilla warfareFARCMarxismagrarian conflict
1969-09-21 — 1969-10-11

Operation Intercept

US-Mexico Border, United States, Mexico
Nixondrug policyborder enforcement
1977 — 1987

Operation Condor (Mexico)

Sinaloa, Durango, Chihuahua, Mexico
counter-narcoticsmilitary operationsherbicide sprayingdisplacementDEA
1980 — 1989

Formation of the Guadalajara Cartel

Jalisco, Sinaloa, Mexico
cartelsorganized crimecocaineGuadalajara Cartel
1985-02-07 — 1985-03-05

The Camarena Affair

Jalisco, Mexico, United States
DEACamarenacartelsGuadalajara Cartel
1997 — 1999

Formation of Los Zetas

Tamaulipas, Mexico
GAFEmilitary desertioncartelsUS military training
2007 — 2019

CICIG in Guatemala (2007–2019)

Guatemala
anti-corruptionUnited Nationsinstitutional reform
2010-02

Gulf Cartel-Zetas Split

Tamaulipas, Mexico
cartelscartel fragmentation
2010-08 — 2011-04

San Fernando Massacres

Tamaulipas, Mexico
massacremigrationhuman rightscartels
2011-03

Allende Massacre

Coahuila, Mexico
massacreDEAstate failurehuman rights
2012 — 2015

Fragmentation of Los Zetas

Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Mexico
cartel fragmentationorganized crime
2021

Ecuador Security Crisis

Ecuador
prison massacrescartelsstate failurearmed conflict
2024-03-08

Conviction of Juan Orlando Hernández

Honduras, United States
narco-stateconvictionUS drug war