The recent US ban on avocado imports from Mexico underscores the risks of being so heavily reliant on a product that comes from one region in one country that’s rife with violence and corruption.
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Thirty-six candidates were murdered since campaigning began in Mexico last September, including numerous members of the president’s own Morena party.
Methamphetamine use has increased dramatically in Asia in the past five years, overtaking even the US. Now cartels spy an opportunities in Europe.
Government policies and dangerous conditions affect the ability of researchers working on both sides of the US-Mexico border to conduct scientific fieldwork.
Social bandits have a long history in Latin America.
The US may be in sight from the border towns of Sonora, Mexico, but the trip is far from over. Cartels control the desert territory that divides the two countries – and no one gets through for free.
The conviction of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán Loera, who evaded justice in Mexico, is a win for US officials. But it’s a pyrrhic victory in the war on drugs.
October 2017 was Mexico’s deadliest month on record.
It’s not the ‘bad hombres’ but the middle-class white guys who are the baddies of this US crime drama.
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Reader in Latin American Studies, University of Liverpool
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Professor in Substance Use, Liverpool John Moores University
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Lecturer (Teaching) for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, UCL
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PhD Candidate in Security and Crime Science at University College London (UCL), UCL
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Associate Professor of Hospitality Management, Colorado State University
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Associate Staff Scientist, University of Arizona
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Investigadora en la Escuela de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Sociales CEMS- EHESS- Francia y en COES- Chile (Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies), Diego Portales University
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Lecturer in Latin American Studies, University College Dublin
