A call to action : narco-terrorism's threat to the southern U.S. border : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, October 14, 2011 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 66 pages) : illustrations |
Soggetto topico |
Narco-terrorism - Mexican-American Border Region
Narco-terrorism - Mexican-American Border Region - Prevention Drug traffic - Mexican-American Border Region Transnational crime - Mexican-American Border Region Organized crime - Mexico Violent crimes - Mexico Border security - United States National security - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Call to action |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910702468903321 |
Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 2012 | ||
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Criminales, policías y políticos : drogas, política y violencia en Colombia y México / / Angélica Durán Martínez ; traducido por Mariana Serrano Zalamea |
Autore | Durán-Martínez Angélica <1979-> |
Edizione | [Primera edición en español.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia : , : Ediciones Uniandes, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations |
Disciplina | 364.1336509861 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Durán-MartínezAngélica <1979-> |
Soggetto topico |
Drug traffic - Colombia
Drug traffic - Mexico Violent crimes - Colombia Violent crimes - Mexico |
ISBN |
9789587982442
9789587982435 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | spa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910671938703321 |
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Escalating violence in Mexico and the southwest border as a result of the illicit drug trade [[electronic resource] ] : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, May 6, 2009 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 126 pages) : illustrations |
Soggetto topico |
Drug traffic - Mexican-American Border Region
Violence - Mexican-American Border Region Drug control - Mexico Violent crimes - Mexico Drug control - International cooperation |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Escalating violence in Mexico and the southwest border as a result of the illicit drug trade |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910699140603321 |
Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2009 | ||
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Mexico is not Colombia : alternative historical analogies for responding to the challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations / / Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Chad C. Serena |
Autore | Paul Christopher <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, California : , : RAND, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.450972 |
Soggetto topico |
Drug traffic - Mexico
Violent crimes - Mexico Violence - Mexico Drug control - Mexico Internal security - Mexico Insurgency - Mexico |
ISBN |
0-8330-8441-0
0-8330-8443-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Approach; Finding the Right Comparisons; Labeling the Perpetrators and the Implications Thereof; Benefits of This Approach; Organization of This Report; CHAPTER TWO: Contemporary Violence and the Broader Context in Mexico; Two Mexicos; Conflict and Violence in Mexico; Explaining the Outbreak of Violence; The Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations; Efforts to Improve the Situation; Key Features of the Mexican Context; Security Forces and Organization
Government and GovernanceCivil Society; Economy; CHAPTER THREE: Finding the Right Comparisons: Case Selection; CHAPTER FOUR: Comparing Mexico with the Challenges Faced and the Outcomes Reached in the Historical Cases; Challenge A: Violence; Challenge B: "Anomic" Violence or Indiscriminate Mayhem/Indiscriminate Violence; Challenge C: Insurgency/Competition for State Control; Challenge D: Ethnically Motivated Violence; Challenge E: Lack of Economic Opportunities; Challenge F: High Level of Weapon Availability; Challenge G: Competition over a Resource; Challenge H: Ungoverned Spaces Challenge I: State/Institutional WeaknessChallenge J: Patronage/Corruption; Efforts Correlated with Improvement in the Historical Cases; Chicken or Egg? Correlation and Causation in Meeting Challenges; Confirmation in the Detailed Narratives; CHAPTER FIVE: Conclusions and Recommendations; Mexico Is Not Colombia, Nor Is It Any of These Other Cases; Lessons Highlighted in the Case Narratives; Confirmed Correlations in the Case Studies; Recommendations from the Literature and Historical Case Studies; Ways to Combat the VDTOs; Leverage the Law of Supply and Demand; Other Proposed Solutions Recommendations for MexicoReferences |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220118103321 |
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Mexico is not Colombia : alternative historical analogies for responding to the challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations, supporting case studies / / Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Chad C. Serena |
Autore | Paul Christopher <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, California : , : RAND, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (250 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.450972 |
Soggetto topico |
Drug traffic - Mexico
Violent crimes - Mexico Violence - Mexico Drug control - Mexico Internal security - Mexico Insurgency - Mexico |
ISBN |
0-8330-8445-3
0-8330-8447-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figure and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Colombia (1994-2010); Conflict and Violence in Colombia; Explaining the Outbreak of Violence; The Illicit Economy, Crime, and Violence; State Failure and Weak Governance; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up?; Similarities and Differences Between Colombia and Mexico; Violence; Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence"; Traditional Threat/Insurgency; Ethnically Motivated Violence; Lack of Economic Opportunities; Weapon Availability
Competition over a Resource Ungoverned Spaces; State/Institutional Weakness; Patronage/Corruption; Lessons for Mexico; Chapter Two: Peru (1980-1992); Conflict and Violence in Peru; Peru's Informal Economy and the Coca Industry; Sendero Luminoso; Sendero's Violence; The State and Peruvian Forces in the 1980's; The Fujimori Government; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up?; Similarities and Differences Between Peru and Mexico; Violence; Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence"; Traditional Threat/Insurgency; Ethnically Motivated Violence; Lack of Economic Opportunities Weapon Availability Competition over a Resource; Ungoverned Spaces; State/Institutional Weakness; Patronage/Corruption; Lessons for Mexico; Chapter Three: The Balkans (1991-2010); Conflict and Violence in the Balkans; The Role of the Serb Volunteer Guard ("Arkan's Tigers"); Explaining the Outbreak of Violence; Illicit Economy, Crime, and Violence; Smuggling and Trafficking; State Failure and Weak Governance; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up?; Similarities and Differences Between the Balkans and Mexico; Violence; Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence" Traditional Threat/Insurgency Ethnically Motivated Violence; Lack of Economic Opportunities; Weapon Availability; Competition over a Resource; Ungoverned Spaces; State/Institutional Weakness; Patronage/Corruption; Lessons for Mexico; Chapter Four: West Africa (1990-2010); Conflict and Violence in West Africa; Revolutionary United Front; West Side Boys; Explaining the Outbreak of Violence; Illicit Economy, Crime, and Violence; Smuggling and Trafficking; State Failure and Weak Governance; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up? Similarities and Differences Between West Africa and Mexico Violence; Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence"; Traditional Threat/Insurgency; Ethnically Motivated Violence; Lack of Economic Opportunities; Weapon Availability; Competition over a Resource; Ungoverned Spaces; State/Institutional Weakness; Patronage/Corruption; Lessons for Mexico; Chapter Five: The Caucasus (1990-2012); Conflict and Violence in the Caucasus; State Breakdown; Economic Failure; Replacing the State; Violence in the Caucasus; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up? Similarities and Differences Between the Caucasus and Mexico |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220117803321 |
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Mexico's security failure [[electronic resource] ] : collapse into criminal violence / / edited by Paul Kenny and Mónica Serrano ; with Arturo Sotomayor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.972 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KennyPaul <1959->
SerranoMónica SotomayorArturo |
Soggetto topico |
Crime - Mexico
Violent crimes - Mexico Internal security - Mexico Criminal justice, Administration of - Mexico |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-68355-4
9786613660497 1-136-65051-2 0-203-80578-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Mexico's Security Failure: Collapse into Criminal Violence; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Security Failure Versus State Failure; Part I: The Background; 1. The Mexican State and Organized Crime: An Unending Story; 2. Transition to Dystopia: 1994-2008; Part II: Security Failure at Home; 3. Arbitrariness and Inefficiency in the Mexican Criminal Justice System; 4. Accounting for the Unaccountable: The Police in Mexico; 5. Security Versus Human Rights: The Case of Contemporary Mexico; Part III: ...and Abroad
6. Drug Trafficking and United States-Mexico Relations: Causes of Conflict7. Mexico's War on Terrorism: Rhetoric and Reality; 8. The Mesoamerican Dilemma: External Insecurity, Internal Vulnerability; Conclusion: Authoritarian Evolution; About the Authors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462359203321 |
New York, : Routledge, 2012 | ||
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Mexico's security failure [[electronic resource] ] : collapse into criminal violence / / edited by Paul Kenny and Mónica Serrano ; with Arturo Sotomayor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.972 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KennyPaul <1959->
SerranoMónica SotomayorArturo |
Soggetto topico |
Crime - Mexico
Violent crimes - Mexico Internal security - Mexico Criminal justice, Administration of - Mexico |
ISBN |
1-280-68355-4
9786613660497 1-136-65051-2 0-203-80578-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Mexico's Security Failure: Collapse into Criminal Violence; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Security Failure Versus State Failure; Part I: The Background; 1. The Mexican State and Organized Crime: An Unending Story; 2. Transition to Dystopia: 1994-2008; Part II: Security Failure at Home; 3. Arbitrariness and Inefficiency in the Mexican Criminal Justice System; 4. Accounting for the Unaccountable: The Police in Mexico; 5. Security Versus Human Rights: The Case of Contemporary Mexico; Part III: ...and Abroad
6. Drug Trafficking and United States-Mexico Relations: Causes of Conflict7. Mexico's War on Terrorism: Rhetoric and Reality; 8. The Mesoamerican Dilemma: External Insecurity, Internal Vulnerability; Conclusion: Authoritarian Evolution; About the Authors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790225603321 |
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Mexico's security failure [[electronic resource] ] : collapse into criminal violence / / edited by Paul Kenny and Mónica Serrano ; with Arturo Sotomayor |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.972 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KennyPaul <1959->
SerranoMónica SotomayorArturo |
Soggetto topico |
Crime - Mexico
Violent crimes - Mexico Internal security - Mexico Criminal justice, Administration of - Mexico |
ISBN |
1-280-68355-4
9786613660497 1-136-65051-2 0-203-80578-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Mexico's Security Failure: Collapse into Criminal Violence; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Security Failure Versus State Failure; Part I: The Background; 1. The Mexican State and Organized Crime: An Unending Story; 2. Transition to Dystopia: 1994-2008; Part II: Security Failure at Home; 3. Arbitrariness and Inefficiency in the Mexican Criminal Justice System; 4. Accounting for the Unaccountable: The Police in Mexico; 5. Security Versus Human Rights: The Case of Contemporary Mexico; Part III: ...and Abroad
6. Drug Trafficking and United States-Mexico Relations: Causes of Conflict7. Mexico's War on Terrorism: Rhetoric and Reality; 8. The Mesoamerican Dilemma: External Insecurity, Internal Vulnerability; Conclusion: Authoritarian Evolution; About the Authors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811890703321 |
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