Francisco Quesada

Francisco Quesada is a researcher in the area of security and justice at the Centro de Investigaciones Económicas Nacionales (Cien) in Guatemala. He has been vocal about the alarming rise in homicide rates in Guatemala during the second year of President Bernardo Arévalo's administration, indicating a significant increase in violent deaths and attributing this uptick to territorial disputes among criminal groups and ineffective government policies regarding public safety.