A Hard-to- Escape Situation Informal Pacts, Kingpin Strategies, and Collective Violence in Mexico

Chinchilla, Fernando A.

doi:10.1007/s10611-017-9763-6

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“…Una de las principales dificultades a las que se enfrentan los y las investigadoras al momento de analizar dicho fenómeno es la diversidad de definiciones y enfoques existentes incluso dentro de disciplinas afines (Chinchilla, 2018). No existe un consenso en la academia mexicana sobre el concepto de violencia, más bien las definiciones son heterogéneas y ambiguas, lo que tiene repercusiones analíticas y políticas (Sanmartín, 2006).…”

Section: Violencia Y Violencias: Anotaciones Analíticasunclassified

Los estudios de la(s) violencia(s) en la frontera noreste de México

Hernández

2022

Frontera norte

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This article aims to carry out a semi-systematic review of the academic literature that studies violence in Tamaulipas from 2008 to 2019. It is argued that violence in that state is studied primarily from a broad perspective. However, regardless of the study perspective, there is a close relationship between violence, organized crime, and drug trafficking. Two lines of research little explored in the literature are proposed: the first studies risks associated with the analysis of violence(s) in each context; the second analyzes violence(s) from a gender perspective. The main limitation of this semi-systematic review is that the results presented are descriptive and only classify the literature to find gaps in it.

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Section: Violencia Y Violencias: Anotaciones Analíticasunclassified

Los estudios de la(s) violencia(s) en la frontera noreste de México

Hernández

2022

Frontera norte

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“…The states share these instruments through their laws on fiscal evasion, extinction of domain, and the prosecution of transactions with illicit proceeds [25], but only a few states have put these laws into practice. One of the most common instruments implemented against the assets of crime and money laundering is asset forfeiture 3 [40,41]. The legal concept developed in Mexico is "extinction of domain," which is very similar to "extinction of ownership" as developed in countries like Spain, and "civil asset forfeiture," as developed in countries like Ireland, South Africa, and the United States.…”

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“…These strategies constitute an effort to strengthen the government´s capabilities to financially undermine criminal organizations. The research was conducted in Mexico, a country plagued by criminal organizations that control several regions, which suffers from institutional weakness, [2][3][4][5] and where violence reached record levels from 2017 to 2019 [6].The rule criminal organizations exert over different regions relies on the use of violence, that is clearly visible, but especially political corruption, that cannot be easily seen and can be confused with peace and stability [7,8].…”

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Public policies against criminal assets in mexico: challenges and opportunities from the north border states

Estrada

Montero

Ferrel

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Crime Law Soc Change

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Given its vast border with the United States, Mexico is a strategic trade and economic development region, which creates significant challenges in combating crime and violence. In recent years, Mexico´s federal and state governments have focused their efforts on the development of strategies to combat and weaken the criminal structures operating in the country by using legal instruments such as seizure, abandonment, and extinction of domain. This study seeks to identify the challenges faced by the states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, and Tamaulipas in their efforts to combat crime through the collection of primary and secondary data and interviews with key actors. Mexico faces major challenges in the development of public policies to fortify the legal precepts of extinction of domain, in addition to fostering institutional links with the Financial and Patrimonial Intelligence Units of Mexico's northern Border States. There are few studies about subnational efforts for asset forfeiture as a policy instrument against criminal elements in developing countries. The Mexican case presents important subnational efforts to improve security strategies that may provide guidance for other subnational governments or regions that may be facing similar challenges or are pursuing parallel initiatives.

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“…Violence-measured by the rate of homicides-has become a state mark that grew alarmingly during the presidential 6-year term of Felipe Calderón (2006Calderón ( -2012, a period known as "War on Drugs" (Chinchilla, 2018;Trejo & Ley, 2017). Year 2010 registered the highest magnitude in this crime (see Figure 5).…”

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Between democratic structures and illiberal practices in Sinaloa

Hoyos

Lizarraga

Zazueta

2021

Latin American Policy

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This article analyzes the quality of democracy in the state of Sinaloa. The objective is to provide an overview of the current status of the democratic dimensions in the state, and to analyze the performance of some democratic institutions and political actors. It detects the illiberal structures and practices that persist and permeate life in Sinaloa in political competition, electoral integrity, political and economic elites, and organized crime. The analysis and evidence presented show an unbalanced evolution among dimensions of democracy, along with a complex juxtaposition of democratic institutional and political changes. There is a permanence, and to some extent, entrenchment, of illiberal practices and structures that allow democratic advances only a limited influence, and that halt or decelerate democratic consolidation in the state.

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A Hard-to- Escape Situation Informal Pacts, Kingpin Strategies, and Collective Violence in Mexico

Cited by 14 publications

References 44 publications

Los estudios de la(s) violencia(s) en la frontera noreste de México

Los estudios de la(s) violencia(s) en la frontera noreste de México

Public policies against criminal assets in mexico: challenges and opportunities from the north border states

Between democratic structures and illiberal practices in Sinaloa

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