8 Mexico’s Cartel Wars

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. 1 The Opening of a Narcotrafficking Corridor 1
5. 2 Early US Counternarcotics Efforts in Mexico 15
6. 3 “Cocaine Guns” and Civil War in Central America 35
7. 4 The Emergence of the Mexican Cartel Networks 65
8. 5 Mexico in Crisis 85
9. 6 The Colombian Cartels Expand Their Reach 101
10. 7 The War on Drugs Spills into Central America 141
11. 8 Mexico’s Cartel Wars 179
12. 9 The Militarization of the US-Mexican War on Drugs 203
13. 10 The Mexican Cartels and Youth Gangs in Central America 225
14. 11 Narcotrafficking and the Immigration Crisis 263
15. 12 Closing the Corridor? 303
16. Appendix Narcotraffickers by Name and by Cartel Affiliation 309
17. Acronyms 315
18. Bibliography 323
19. Index 345
20. About the Book 359