Cartels at War : Mexico's Drug-Fueled Violence and the Threat to U.S. National Security /

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Now in its sixth year, the conflict in Mexico is a mosaic of several wars occurring at once: cartels battle one another, cartels suffer violence within their own organizations, cartels fight against the Mexican state, cartels and gangs wage war against the Mexican people, and gangs combat gangs. The...

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Autor principal: Kan, Paul Rexton (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Violent crimes.
Refugees.
Organized crime.
National security.
Narco-terrorism.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Drug traffic.
Drug control.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Refugies > Mexique.
Crimes violents > Mexique.
Narcoterrorisme > Mexique.
Lutte antidrogue > Mexique.
Drogues > Trafic > Mexique.
National security > United States.
Refugees > Mexico.
Organized crime > Mexico.
Violent crimes > Mexico.
Narco-terrorism > Mexico.
Drug control > Mexico.
Drug traffic > Mexico.
United States.
Mexico.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:Now in its sixth year, the conflict in Mexico is a mosaic of several wars occurring at once: cartels battle one another, cartels suffer violence within their own organizations, cartels fight against the Mexican state, cartels and gangs wage war against the Mexican people, and gangs combat gangs. The war has killed more than 60,000 people since President Felipe Calderón began cracking down on the cartels in December 2006. The targets of the violence have been wide ranging--from police officers to journalists, from clinics to discos. Governments on either side of the U.S.- Mexican border have been unable to control the violence. The war has spilled over into American cities and affects domestic policy issues ranging from immigration to gun control, making the border the nexus of national security and public safety concerns. Drawing on fieldwork along the border and interviews with officials at the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Department of Defense, U.S. Border Patrol, and Mexican military officers, Paul Rexton Kan argues that policy responses must be carefully calibrated to prevent stoking more cartel violence, to cut the incentives to smuggle drugs into the United States, and to stop the erosion of Mexican governmental capacity.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (208 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781597978057

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