Overview

The book examines the drug wars taking place in Mexico between competing gangs, cartels, and mercenary factions; the narco-violence and terrorism increasingly crossing the border into the United States, and its interrelationship with domestic prison and street gangs. This book was published as a special issue of Small Wars and Insurgencies.

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Author:   Robert J Bunker (Counter-OPFOR Corporation, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.470kg
ISBN:  

9780415597258

ISBN 10:   0415597250
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   15 November 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword: a view from the Borderlands Alberto M. Melis 1. Strategic threat: narcos and narcotics overview Robert J. Bunker Part 1: Organization and Technology Use 2. Cartel evolution revisited: third phase cartel potentials and alternative futures in Mexico Robert J. Bunker and John P. Sullivan 3. Los Zetas: operational assessment Lisa J. Campbell 4. Surenos gangs and Mexican cartel use of social networking sites Sarah Womer and Robert J. Bunker Part 2: Silver or Lead? 5. Corruption of politicians, law enforcement, and the judiciary in Mexico and complicity across the border Luz E. Nagle 6. Firefights, raids, and assassinations: tactical forms of cartel violence and their underpinnings Graham H. Turbiville, Jr. 7. Torture, beheadings, and narcocultos Pamela L. Bunker, Lisa J. Campbell and Robert J. Bunker Part 3: Response Strategies 8. Counter-supply and counter-violence approaches to narcotics trafficking John P. Sullivan 9. Counter-demand approaches to narcotics trafficking Robert J. Bunker and Matt Begert 10. Afterword: criminal violence in Mexico – a dissenting analysis Paul Rexton Kan and Phil Williams

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