Mexican drug war
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The Mexican drug war is an ongoing asymmetric armed conflict between the Mexican government and various drug trafficking syndicates. When the Mexican military intervened in 2006, the government's main objective was to reduce drug-related violence. The Mexican government has asserted that its primary focus is on dismantling the cartels and preventing drug trafficking. The conflict has been described as the Mexican theater of the global war on drugs, as led by the United States federal...
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2025
Reducing Cartel Violence: The Mexican Dilemma Between Social and Security Spending27 Jul 2025
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Estados Unidos frente a la promulgación y suspensión en México del Reglamento de Toxicomanías de 194029 Jun 2021
2020
Criminalidad, seguridad pública y turismo en la zona fronteriza de Ciudad Juárez, México [Criminality, public security and tourism in the border area of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico]15 Jun 2020
Narco-Messages: Competition and Public Communication by Criminal Groups15 Jun 2020
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Scarcity without Leviathan: The Violent Effects of Cocaine Supply Shortages in the Mexican Drug War21 Dec 2018
La Operación Cóndor en los Altos de Sinaloa: La Labor del Estado Durante los Primeros Años de la Campaña Antidroga15 Jun 2018
Fragmentation and cooperation: The evolution of organized crime in Mexico15 Jun 2018
Investigación documental sobre la narcocultura como objeto de estudio en México15 Jun 2018
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Paramilitarism and State-Terrorism in Mexico as a Case Study of Shrinking Functions of the Neoliberal State15 Jun 2014
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The Effect of Exposures to Policing on Syringe Sharing Among People Who Inject Drugs in Bangkok, Thailand.25 Jun 2013
The Economic Consequences of Drug Trafficking Violence in Mexico15 Jun 2013
2012
Syringe Confiscation as an HIV Risk Factor: The Public Health Implications of Arbitrary Policing in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.GOV18 Jul 2012
Mexico's northern border conflict: collateral damage to health and human rights of vulnerable groups.GOV12 May 2012
2011
Social and Structural Factors Associated with HIV Infection among Female Sex Workers Who Inject Drugs in the Mexico-US Border Region.GOV25 Apr 2011
2010
U.S. Firearms Trafficking to Mexico: New Data and Insights Illuminate Key Trends and Challenges15 Sep 2010
Drug criminals block roads in Mexico19 Mar 2010
Barriers to Pharmacy-Based Syringe Purchase Among Injection Drug Users in Tijuana, Mexico: A Mixed Methods StudyGOV19 Mar 2010
Mexico: Counterfeit Colt M16A2 Rifles and M203 Grenade Launchers12 Mar 20102009
A tale of two cities:Social and Environmental Influences Shaping Risk Factors and Protective Behaviors in two Mexico-US Border CitiesGOV12 Dec 2009
2008
Effects of police confiscation of illicit drugs and syringes among injection drug users in VancouverGOV12 Aug 2008
Desarrollo, educación y pobreza en México15 Mar 2008
Syringe possession arrests are associated with receptive syringe sharing in two Mexico-US border citiesGOV12 Jan 2008
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Trends in production, trafficking, and consumption of methamphetamine and cocaine in Mexico12 Jun 2006
Trends in production, trafficking, and consumption of methamphetamine and cocaine in MexicoGOV12 Jun 2006
Drug Users: A Potentially Important Bridge Population in the Transmission of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Including AIDS, in China12 Feb 2006
2005
Historical trends in the production and consumption of illicit drugs in Mexico: Implications for the prevention of blood borne infectionsGOV1 Sep 2005
[http://www.chomsky.info/articles/200412--.htm America's Other War: Terrorizing Colombia]12 Jun 2005
2003
Criminal justice and the law in Mexico12 Jun 2003
2002
Criminal law, policing policy, and HIV risk in female street sex workers and injection drug users.12 Jun 2002
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