Cartel : the coming invasion of Mexico's drug wars / Sylvia Longmire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longmire, Sylvia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug traffic--Mexico.

Drug traffic.

Drug dealers.

Cartels.

Mexico.

Cartels--Mexico.

Drug dealers--Mexico.

Organized crime--Mexico.

Organized crime.

Drug control--Mexico.

Drug control.

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The War Inside Mexico 13

Chapter 2 Drug Trafficking in the Twenty-First Century 41

Chapter 3 From Mexico to Main Street: An Illegal Drug's Journey into America 57

Chapter 4 The Biggest Armed Force South of the Border 87

Chapter 5 The Second-Biggest Moneymaker for Cartels: Kidnapping 83

Chapter 6 The Mexican People 35

Chapter 7 Felipe Calderon's Plan to Save Mexico 111

Chapter 8 The Fight to Stop Cartels North of the Border 135

Chapter 9 Marijuana Growers in the United States 161

Chapter 10 Restoring Faith and Taking Mexico Back from the Narcos 175

Chapter 11 Improving Security Along the Border and Beyond 181

Chapter 12 Conclusions: Managing a War chat Can't Be Won 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230111370

0230111378

OCLC:

702168814