Drug trafficking and the “War on Drugs” in Mexico

This special report on the US-inspired “War on Drugs” in Mexico shows the inadequacy of a strategy modeled on the experience of the Andean countries. The author argues that the Mexican situation is signed by a series of particularities that does not fit the Andean model, in particular the fact that...

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Egile nagusia: León Vargas, Yamile (author)
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Argitaratua: 2010
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Sarrera elektronikoa:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/comentario/article/view/96
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Gaia:This special report on the US-inspired “War on Drugs” in Mexico shows the inadequacy of a strategy modeled on the experience of the Andean countries. The author argues that the Mexican situation is signed by a series of particularities that does not fit the Andean model, in particular the fact that the US and Mexico share an extensive border, which possess the risk of a spillover of the drug-generated violence into the US territory. She arguments that the exam of the Iniciativa Mérida provides a series of lessons that may help to redesign the international efforts against drug trafficking.