The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the relationship between violence that occurs in the so-called northern triangle central – Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala - and socioeconomic conditions related to the concept of structural violence and show the main mechanisms to mitigate this violence in local and regional contexts. A comparative case study was conducting demonstrating that the socioeconomic conditions of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala are performed based violence that State experience. In addition, shown the ineffectiveness of the policy of "mano dura" with locally facing the phenomenon of violence and that regional mechanisms are still incipient established without the necessary institutional support for which have not been effective in reducing violence.