Héctor Silva Ávalos es periodista, editor y escritor. Ha sido colaborador de La Prensa Gráfica y El Faro en El Salvador y de Plaza Pública en Guatemala. Cofundador de la revista online Factum, es investigador sénior del Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos y Latinos de la American University en Washington DC y Project Manager en Insight Crime. 

Héctor Silva Ávalos is a journalist, editor and writer. He has worked for La Prensa Gráfica and El Faro in El Salvador and for Public Plaza in Guatemala. He co- founded the online magazine Factum, and is now a senior research fellow at the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at the American University in Washington DC, and project manager at Insight Crime.