Miguel de Cervantes y Autran Dourado: diálogo crítico entre poéticas

Rodríguez, Marta Pérez

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“…Our response, because of our beliefs and because of our respect, not only towards institutions but also towards citizens, and because of our families’ peace, was absolutely negative. (Rodriguez and Rodriguez 2005, 58)Hiding violence was preferable because the Cali DTO managed to secure state-sponsored protection within a cohesive state. A powerful political and economic elite dominated politics in the city (Guzman and Camacho 1990, 185), blocking opposition and reformist efforts.…”

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To Kill and Tell? State Power, Criminal Competition, and Drug Violence

Durán‐Martínez

2015

Journal of Conflict Resolution

137

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Violence is commonly viewed as an inherent attribute of the drug trade. Yet, there is dramatic variation in drug violence within countries afflicted by drug trafficking. This article advances a novel framework that explains how the interaction between two critical variables, the cohesion of the state security apparatus, and the competition in the illegal market determines traffickers’ incentives to employ violence. The analysis introduces a generally overlooked dimension of violence, its visibility. Visibility refers to whether traffickers publicly expose their use of violence or claim responsibility for their attacks. Drawing on fieldwork in five cities in Colombia and Mexico (Cali, Medellin, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, and Tijuana), 175 interviews, and a new data set on drug violence, I argue that violence becomes visible and frequent when trafficking organizations compete and the state security apparatus is fragmented. By contrast, violence becomes less visible and less frequent when the criminal market is monopolized and the state security apparatus is cohesive.

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