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Drug Cartels And Government In Mexico: A Replication And Extension, Lindsey A. Beckstead
Drug Cartels And Government In Mexico: A Replication And Extension, Lindsey A. Beckstead
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This paper analyzes the relationship between drug cartels and the government in Mexico. It also seeks to determine the reasons for an upsurge of violence and cartel related murders in Mexico.
The Mérida Initiative And The Violence Of Transnational Criminal Organizations In Mexico, Brianna Madison Canning
The Mérida Initiative And The Violence Of Transnational Criminal Organizations In Mexico, Brianna Madison Canning
Honors Projects
Organized crime related violence in Mexico remains at unprecedented levels despite decades of effort and billions of dollars spent attempting to weaken Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) through the Mérida Initiative (MI): a bilateral security partnership established in October 2007 between US President George W. Bush and Mexican President Felipe Calderón. The MI sought to combat TCOs (often called cartels), their drug trafficking operations, and their networks of corruption. However, since then TCOs have expanded their businesses beyond drug trafficking, and they have adopted violent practices that target civilians. Extortion, torture, murder, and human trafficking have become common as TCOs look …
Drug Violence And Public (In)Security: Mexico's Federal Police And Human Rights Abuse, Dominic Pera
Drug Violence And Public (In)Security: Mexico's Federal Police And Human Rights Abuse, Dominic Pera
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Violence in Mexico, with dramatic political, social, and economic consequences on both Mexican and US populations, has risen dramatically in the past decade. Research has shown that the Mexican military is largely responsible for human rights abuses in Mexico. This paper will seek to answer why there are so many human rights abuses committed by the Federal Police, as public security is a police role and its deterioration threatens lives, security, and the rule of law. This paper will look at what scholars have said about the causes of police violence and public insecurity. Some say that history is responsible, …
The U.S. And Mexican Cooperation: The Merida Initiative And Beyond, Yasemin Tekin
The U.S. And Mexican Cooperation: The Merida Initiative And Beyond, Yasemin Tekin
Pepperdine Policy Review
No abstract provided.
A Comparative Analysis Of Drug-Trafficking Trends In The Middle East/Central Asia And East/Southeast Asia., Benjamin M. Weyman
A Comparative Analysis Of Drug-Trafficking Trends In The Middle East/Central Asia And East/Southeast Asia., Benjamin M. Weyman
College of Arts & Sciences Senior Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
From “Iron Fist” Policies To Comprehensive Social Intervention, Claudia Heiss
From “Iron Fist” Policies To Comprehensive Social Intervention, Claudia Heiss
Human Rights & Human Welfare
The latest effort by Brazilian authorities to control crime in Rio's favelas confronts us with several complex questions regarding democracy, the rule of law, and civil-military relations, not only in this case, but throughout Latin America. What conclusions can we derive from the military and police interventions in Rio about the state of affairs of these third-wave democracies?
Who Does And Who Doesn’T: The Impetus For Terrorist Organization Involvement With Drug Trafficking Organizations, Cherie Nicole Brown
Who Does And Who Doesn’T: The Impetus For Terrorist Organization Involvement With Drug Trafficking Organizations, Cherie Nicole Brown
Political Science
No abstract provided.