Mexico’s strategy to contain anti-mafia vigilantes is hanging by a thread

Trevor Stack

Mexico’s strategy to contain anti-mafia vigilantes is hanging by a thread

Spanish & Latin American Studies

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Abstract

Mexico’s problems with organised crime have certainly come to a head this year. We have seen the high-profile arrests of cartel bosses Joaquin Guzman Loera in February and now also Hector Beltran Leyva, while the central-west state of Michoacán has been a running story. Faced with government inaction, vigilantes began arming themselves against mafia last year.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publisher	The Conversation UK
Publication status	Published - 3 Oct 2014

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Mexico
Mexican mafia

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