Despite an increased scholarly interest in Salvadoran politics, economy, and society since the resolution of the Salvadoran Civil War in 1992, very little is known about the historical production of race and ethnicity, as well as these categories' relation to the state and the exercise of power...

In the 1970s and 1980s the United States government initiated what we call the 'War on Drugs.' Soon after, state governments began to enact new legislation imposing mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders, and eliminating judicial discretion in imposing sentences. It was not long,...