Five Ps for a Violence Reduction Strategy in Mexico (Part II)
Guillermo Almada offers the second in his three-part series on reducing violence in Mexico.
organized crime
Five Ps for a Violence Reduction Strategy in Mexico (Part I)
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.
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Mexico's Challenges: Lessons in the War Against Organized Crime
Eduardo Guerrero, a consultant on security affairs at Lantia Consultores, addresses lessons in the war against organized crime in ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America.
… Given the disappointing performance of the Mexican government’s security strategy, I started collecting data and analyzing the origins and dynamics of the current crime and violence epidemics. Calderón’s strategy has certainly had some positive features, and some adjustments have already been implemented. However, the security situation in Mexico calls for major corrections in government strategy that the next president—to be elected in July 2012—will have to address…