Mexico's Drug Trafficking Organizations : Source and Scope of the Rising Violence.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime prevention.

Narcotics.

Mexico.

Colombia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (47 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides background on drug trafficking in Mexico, identifies major drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), and analyzes context, scope, and scale of recently increased violence. Discusses Mexican anti-drug strategy and DTO reaction. Examines current trends in violence, analyzes prospects for curbing future violence, and compares upsurge of violence in Mexico to situation in Colombia 20 years ago.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division. Mexico's Drug Trafficking Organizations

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