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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Drug Cartels"”.
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The information game : police-citizen cooperation in communities with criminal groups
Criminal groups -- gangs, mafias, and drug cartels, among others --
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Organized-crime growth and sustainment: a review of the influence of popular religion and beliefs in Mexico
… President Felipe Calderon announced the war on drugs, an ongoing, low-intensity, asymmetrical war between the government and various drug cartels that has proven the bloodiest conflict since the Mexican civil war a century ago. Meanwhile, the subculture of narco-cultura continues to grow, under …
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Fighting narcotraffic in Latin America: Mexico and El Salvador—a comparative approach
… crime for decades. While Mexico has fought drug cartels with the support of the U.S. government, El Salvador has struggled to lower high crime rates mostly with its own resources. Mexico, which has a different government structure from El Salvador’s, has not been able to control drug …
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The Verging Cities
… the violence of the cities from femicide to drug cartels and the effects this has on the speaker. The third is an extended poem that lyrically examines marriages and immigration through traditional epithalamia. The fourth becomes explicitly about the two cities and explores themes built …
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Colombia's economic recession : the impact of guerrilla violence, illicit drug trafficking, and the 1991 constitution
… following variables; guerrilla violence, illicit drug trafficking, or the 1991 Constitution, have most affected economic stability in the last half of 1990s. The thesis will argue: (1) Guerrilla violence is the most important variable that impacts Colombia's economy, causing severe internal and …
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La Santa Muerte: Origin and Significance of a Mexican Folk Saint
… been associated, especially by the media, with drug cartels, drug trafficking, and other organized crime in Mexico, but also with individuals on the margins of society, such as those threatened by violence, illness, or those who are disenfranchised by church and society because they are gay or …
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A compendium of Colombian policing challenges : from Pablo to present
… the FARC and ELN in the 1960s, the creation of drug cartels in the 1970s and their transformation into narco-terrorist groups and then micro traffickers in the 1980s and 1990s. There have been limited periods of peace for the citizens of Colombia. These events have consequently challenged …