--- description: Leutert is the Director of the Mexico Security Initiative at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law. She works on issues related to U.S.-Mexican relations, Mexican security, and Central American migration. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Stephanie Leutert ## Stephanie Leutert Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Leutert is the Director of the Mexico Security Initiative at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law. She works on issues related to U.S.-Mexican relations, Mexican security, and Central American migration. ## Stephanie Leutert Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jul 27, 2018 ### [Why Are So Many Migrants Leaving Guatemala? A Crisis in the Coffee Industry Is One Reason](https://time.com/5346110/guatemala-coffee-escape-migration/) There's more to the picture than gang violence and natural disasters [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/stephanie-leutert/","name":"Stephanie Leutert"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/stephanie-leutert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/stephanie-leutert/"},"name":"Stephanie Leutert","jobTitle":null,"description":"Leutert is the Director of the Mexico Security Initiative at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law. She works on issues related to U.S.-Mexican relations, Mexican security, and Central American migration.","url":"https://time.com/author/stephanie-leutert/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```