Impact of Organized Crime on Murder of Law Enforcement Personnel at the U.S.-Mexican Border (SpringerBriefs in Sociology) by Sara Schatz
English | 1 Aug. 2014 | ISBN: 9401792488 | 125 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | 1 Aug. 2014 | ISBN: 9401792488 | 125 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
This brief fills a gap in the studies of organized crime in Mexico by documenting and mapping the post-2008 assassination of Mexican border police chiefs. It traces out a "systematic" of law-enforcement assassination in Northern Tier Mexico, showing how the selective, often sequential, hits by cartels on chiefs in border towns and along key drug-trafficking corridors has proven an effective strategy by organized crime elements to serve several goals: