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SWJ El Centro Book Review: War in the Woods
by Robert Bunker

Journal Article | May 3, 2013 02:30 AM | Comments(0)

Combating the marijuana cartels on America’s public lands.

Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 14: Narcocantante (Narco-singer) Assassinated in Mission, Texas
by John P. Sullivan and Robert Bunker

Blog post | May 1, 2013 01:11 PM | Comments(0)

Singer Jesus “Chuy” Quintanilla is the latest in a string of balladeers and musicians to be killed in Mexico’s drug war.  This time the killing occurred in Texas.

Social Banditry and the Public Persona of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán
by Guy Fricano

Journal Article | April 29, 2013 02:30 AM | Comments(0)

Implications for information operations in Guatemala.

Why Mexico's Zetas Expanded Faster than their Rivals
by SWJ Editors

Blog post | April 24, 2013 02:46 PM | Comments(0)

An offering from Viridiana Rios and SWJ El Centro Fellow Stephen Dudley.

Trans-Border Institute Briefs NORTHCOM on Mexican Security Challenges
by SWJ Editors

Blog post | February 1, 2013 05:08 PM | Comments(0)

An overview of the recent findings of the Justice in Mexico Project.

Mexico Drug Policy and Security Review 2012
by Nathan P. Jones

Journal Article | January 11, 2013 03:30 AM | Comments(1)

Mexico's new president Enrique Peña Nieto has trumpeted its proposed reforms, but there are more similarities than differences with the Calderon Administration.

Breaking Illicit Rice Bowls: A Framework for Analyzing Criminal National Security Threats
by Michael L. Burgoyne

Journal Article | December 17, 2012 05:30 AM | Comments(7)

Many modern internal conflicts defy basic definitions, so use a composite framework instead.

Criminal Insurgency: Narcocultura, Social Banditry, and Information Operations
by John P. Sullivan

Journal Article | December 3, 2012 05:30 AM | Comments(7)

“The Family doesn’t kill for money; it doesn’t kill for women... only those who deserve to die, die... [T]his is divine justice.”

Is Chicago on the Road to Becoming an American Ciudad Juárez?
by Sylvia Longmire

Journal Article | November 20, 2012 05:30 AM | Comments(3)

The presence of Mexican-origin drugs in Chicago is more prominent now than ever before

Why Arresting “El Chapo” Might Be a Bad Thing
by Sylvia Longmire

Journal Article | October 31, 2012 04:30 AM | Comments(3)

It sounds crazy, but catching the most notorious and wanted drug trafficker in the world might be a bad thing.

Policy and Strategy in the New Drug War
by John P. Sullivan and Adam Elkus

Journal Article | October 24, 2012 04:30 AM | Comments(0)

Two great minds on drugs... and strategy.

War on Terror: Radicalization and Expansion of the Threats
by Alain Bauer

Journal Article | October 11, 2012 04:30 AM | Comments(5)

A warning and call to action from the French criminologist.

Guadalajara: The Next Epicenter of Violence in Mexico?
by Sylvia Longmire

Journal Article | August 29, 2012 04:30 AM | Comments(0)

Guadalajara could lose its protected status among drug lords and become the next epicenter for drug-related violence.

A Call for Caution: The (Side) Effect of Mexico’s Entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership
by Justin Peele

Journal Article | July 3, 2012 11:23 AM | Comments(0)

Will Mexico’s admittance into the Trans-Pacific Partnership create an even more empowered global criminal network?

The Merida Initiative and Mexico’s Legislative and Constitutional Reforms
by Carlos Nash Licona

Journal Article | June 12, 2012 04:39 AM | Comments(0)

Mexico’s war against their drug cartels is a war they cannot win by themselves. Must we take some responsibility?

From Drug Wars to Criminal Insurgency
by John P. Sullivan

Blog post | March 5, 2012 09:28 PM | Comments(0)

SWJ El Centro Fellow John P. Sullivan's paper "From Drug Wars to Criminal Insurgency: Mexican Cartels, Criminal Enclaves and Criminal Insurgency in Mexico and Central America, and their...

OAS: Drug Cartels Threaten Latin American Democracy
by Dave Dilegge

Blog post | March 2, 2012 04:22 AM | Comments(0)

BBC reports on OAS warning: "Drug Cartels Threaten Latin American Democracy".

The Effectiveness of Counterinsurgency Principles against Criminal Insurgency
by Michael L. Burgoyne

Blog post | February 11, 2012 10:26 AM | Comments(20)

Michael L. Burgoyne argues that U.S. COIN doctrine can be applied to problems in South America.  Sometimes, a more enemy-focused approach is needed, he finds.