Drug War
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For the third episode of Periphery, co-host/co-producer Angelika Albaldejo and I spoke with Sanho Tree, the director of the drug policy project at the Institute for Policy Studies. We talked with Sanho about the history of drugs and the drug war, both in the U.S. and abroad. Sanho is one of the top experts in…
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Cross-posted with Public Diplomacy Musings On the night of September 26, 2014, in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, a group of students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School were attacked, allegedly by local and federal security forces. Three of the students were killed and 43 were disappeared. The Mexican government claims that the security forces handed the 43 to…
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I wrote this for a class on theories of decision-making. Thought I’d share it here in case anyone finds it useful. Around 2010, the sheriff of Mission, Texas, Lupe Treviño, established an “elite” anti-narcotics squad to be headed up by his son, Jonathan Treviño. According to a January 2015 report by journalist Josh Eells that…
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In spite of widely acknowledged and rampant corruption in Mexico’s security and law enforcement institutions, implicated in the September disappearance of more than 40 college students, the United States continues to supply the country with well over $100 million per year in military and police assistance, including world-class weapons, training and intelligence… This piece was co-authored…
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On November 17, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Paul Zukunft travelled to Panama to meet with President Juan Carlos Varela and members of his security cabinet. Their discussion focused on themes related to drug interdiction and the fight against organized criminal groups. Panama has long been a significant player in the regional drug trade and…
Mike LaSusa 