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... multiparty and multi-location armed conflict fought among criminal groups over what are essentially criminal goals; the groups are ... responses to our concerns in Mexico. Continuing to support Mexicos efforts to strengthen the rule of law while focusing upon the areas ...

Journal Article - Jun 12 2011 - 10:44am - 49 comments

... Criminal Insurgency in the Americas   by John P. ... for little real reward, and mainly for its own sake. Mexicos war has no single propelling cause, no single objective, and certainly ...

Journal Article - Feb 13 2010 - 10:09am - 15 comments

... may be more effective to focus resources on attacking the criminal and organized crime infrastructure through "hearts and minds-like" ... in an article he wrote for Foreign Policy on 22 Dec 10, Mexicos Forever War: "Calderón should begin by rethinking his diagnosis of ...

Journal Article - Jan 24 2011 - 7:40am - 37 comments

... should assert its national powers to defeat transnational criminal organizations and help to improve the conditions in Mexico. However, ... has recently stated the "Mexican Cartels are a threat to Mexicos sovereignty" then we should plan to do something. As Mr. Jones ...

Journal Article - Jun 10 2011 - 8:23am - 14 comments

... local level to facilitate business. We have seen similiar criminal insurgencies in W. Africa and elsewhere. Re: This Week at War: If ... discrete about any American presence or involvement in Mexicos war on drugs is also important because there are leftists and socialist ...

Blog entry - Sep 10 2010 - 6:42pm - 32 comments - 0 attachments