Exclusive: State Department downplays dangers in Latin America in new country assessments
- Posted on October 21, 2026
- By CNN
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Exclusive: State Department downplays dangers in Latin America in new country assessments
The State Department is publicly warning Americans about violent crime in parts of Latin America, but privately, it has given asylum officers new assessments arguing that conditions in some of those same countries are no more dangerous than in some US cities, according to internal documents reviewed by CNN.
