Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and Violence in Mexico

The Transition from Felipe Calderón to Enrique Peña Nieto

By (author) Jonathan D. Rosen, Roberto Zepeda

Publication date:

19 July 2016

Length of book:

166 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9781498535601

Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and Violence in Mexico: The Transition from Felipe Calderón to Enrique Peña Nieto examines the major trends in organized crime and drug trafficking in Mexico. The book provides an exhaustive analysis of drug-related violence in the country. This work highlights the transition from the Felipe Calderón administration to the Enrique Peña Nieto government, focusing on differences and continuities in counternarcotics policies as well as other trends such as violence and drug trafficking.

Introduction: Historical Context and Influential Factors
Felipe Calderón’s War on Drugs: an Examination of the Counternacrotics Strategies
The Bloodbath: the Results of the Drug War during the Calderón Administration
The Enrique Peña Nieto Government: Drug War Strategies and Their Consequences
Failed States within Mexico: Problematic Zones for the Peña Nieto Government
Organized Crime and the Prison System: Hell on Earth
Reforms, Challenges, and Policy Proposals

The most comprehensive book on Mexico’s contemporary security challenges and possible policy available. A wealth of information simplified into a brilliantly written work of scholarship. A must read.