narcos http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/ en Mexico Drug Policy and Security Review 2012 http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/mexico-drug-policy-and-security-review-2012 <span>Mexico Drug Policy and Security Review 2012</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Fri, 01/11/2013 - 3:30am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> <span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left; ">Mexico's new president Enrique Peña Nieto has trumpeted its proposed reforms, but there are more similarities than differences with the Calderon Administration.</span></p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/mexico-drug-policy-and-security-review-2012" rel="tag" title="Mexico Drug Policy and Security Review 2012" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Mexico Drug Policy and Security Review 2012</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/mexico-drug-policy-and-security-review-2012#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">1 comment</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/1070/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1357954646" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:30:00 +0000 Peter J. Munson 13671 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Is Chicago on the Road to Becoming an American Ciudad Juárez? http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/is-chicago-on-the-road-to-becoming-an-american-ciudad-ju%C3%A1rez <span>Is Chicago on the Road to Becoming an American Ciudad Juárez?</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Tue, 11/20/2012 - 5:30am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> <span style="line-height: 18px; ">The presence of Mexican-origin drugs in Chicago is more prominent now than ever before</span></p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/is-chicago-on-the-road-to-becoming-an-american-ciudad-ju%C3%A1rez" rel="tag" title="Is Chicago on the Road to Becoming an American Ciudad Juárez?" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Is Chicago on the Road to Becoming an American Ciudad Juárez?</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/is-chicago-on-the-road-to-becoming-an-american-ciudad-ju%C3%A1rez#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">3 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/1070/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1353792491" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:30:00 +0000 Peter J. Munson 13532 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Why Arresting “El Chapo” Might Be a Bad Thing http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/why-arresting-%E2%80%9Cel-chapo%E2%80%9D-might-be-a-bad-thing <span>Why Arresting “El Chapo” Might Be a Bad Thing</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Wed, 10/31/2012 - 5:30am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> <span style="line-height: 18px; ">It sounds crazy, but catching the most notorious and wanted drug trafficker in the world might be a bad thing.</span></p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/why-arresting-%E2%80%9Cel-chapo%E2%80%9D-might-be-a-bad-thing" rel="tag" title="Why Arresting “El Chapo” Might Be a Bad Thing" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Why Arresting “El Chapo” Might Be a Bad Thing</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/why-arresting-%E2%80%9Cel-chapo%E2%80%9D-might-be-a-bad-thing#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">3 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/1070/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1357371119" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:30:00 +0000 Peter J. Munson 13446 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com ¿Por qué es más difícil desarticular las actuales redes criminales mexicanas que los carteles colombianos de los años noventa? http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/%C2%BFpor-qu%C3%A9-es-m%C3%A1s-dif%C3%ADcil-desarticular-las-actuales-redes-criminales-mexicanas-que-los-cartel <span>¿Por qué es más difícil desarticular las actuales redes criminales mexicanas que los carteles colombianos de los años noventa?</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Thu, 04/12/2012 - 1:25pm</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> Mexican criminal networks are far more decentralized and thus more resiliant than the Colombian cartels of the 1980s.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/%C2%BFpor-qu%C3%A9-es-m%C3%A1s-dif%C3%ADcil-desarticular-las-actuales-redes-criminales-mexicanas-que-los-cartel" rel="tag" title="¿Por qué es más difícil desarticular las actuales redes criminales mexicanas que los carteles colombianos de los años noventa?" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about ¿Por qué es más difícil desarticular las actuales redes criminales mexicanas que los carteles colombianos de los años noventa?</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:25:56 +0000 Peter J. Munson 12501 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Understanding Informational Features of Transnational Criminal Networks: Cases from Mexico and Guatemala http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/understanding-informational-features-of-transnational-criminal-networks-cases-from-mexico-a <span>Understanding Informational Features of Transnational Criminal Networks: Cases from Mexico and Guatemala</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Mon, 04/09/2012 - 9:02pm</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> A look at the gray<em style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </em>agents - the public servants, political actors, or security agents - that promote criminal interests. </p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/understanding-informational-features-of-transnational-criminal-networks-cases-from-mexico-a" rel="tag" title="Understanding Informational Features of Transnational Criminal Networks: Cases from Mexico and Guatemala" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Understanding Informational Features of Transnational Criminal Networks: Cases from Mexico and Guatemala</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:02:41 +0000 Peter J. Munson 12486 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Five Ps for a Violence Reduction Strategy in Mexico (Part I) http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/five-ps-for-a-violence-reduction-strategy-in-mexico-part-i <span>Five Ps for a Violence Reduction Strategy in Mexico (Part I)</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Mon, 03/05/2012 - 6:13am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> In the first of a three part series, Guillermo Vázquez del Mercado Almada describes organized crime in Mexico and lays a basis for his "five Ps" proposal to reduce violence there.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/five-ps-for-a-violence-reduction-strategy-in-mexico-part-i" rel="tag" title="Five Ps for a Violence Reduction Strategy in Mexico (Part I)" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Five Ps for a Violence Reduction Strategy in Mexico (Part I)</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/five-ps-for-a-violence-reduction-strategy-in-mexico-part-i#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">4 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/1070/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1331580280" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:13:48 +0000 Peter J. Munson 12369 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com