Autor: Gerardo Rodríguez Sánchez Lara
Fuente: Polytical Asymetries in the Era of Globalization. Editado por Josef Schröl. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2007.
Resumen: Consecuencias de la asimetría estructural de la relación de México con Estados Unidos en materia de seguridad y defensa, así como en aspectos específicos de seguridad como migración, narcotráfico y seguridad fronteriza
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Autor: 110 Congreso de los Estados Unidos, Cámara de Senadores
Fecha: 21 de Diciembre de 2007
Resumen: Reporte para los miembros del Consejo de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado de los Estados Unidos sobre la Iniciativa Mérida, contiene antecedentes y recomendaciones generales y análisis de diversos aspectos de la iniciativa.
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By: Eric L. Olson and Erik Lee, Border Research Partnership, August 2012.
Summary: The purpose of this paper is to begin to set a base line for measuring border security between the United States and Mexico. Our plan is to re-examine these issues on a semi-regular basis, making adjustments to both the methodology and criteria as needed. To initiate this process, we have chosen to focus on four major areas to evaluate related to border security. These include incidence of terror related activity and warnings at the border; levels of violence on both sides of the border and an assessment of how these might be linked; seizures of dangerous drugs, money and firearms at the border; and efforts aimed at apprehensions of undocumented and unauthorized migrants.
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Autores: Ray Walser James Roberts, 16 de noviembre, 2007.
Summary: Mexican President Felipe Calderón is locked in a valiant fight against narco-traffickers, proving his commitment by extraditing to U.S. courts and prisons powerful Mexican drug kingpins and politicians, as well as seizing large amounts of drugs and drug cash. He and President Bush recently announced the $1.4 billion "Mérida Initiative," a joint U.S.- Mexico program to further the fight. The plan has many anti-corruption safeguards and "end-use monitoring" provisions. It provides aircraft, equipment, software, and training that is badly needed by military, judicial, and law enforcement officials in Mexico.
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By: Clare Ribando Seelke, Specialist in Latin American Affairs; Kristin Finklea, Specialist in Domestic Security
Summary: Violence perpetrated by a range of criminal groups continues to threaten citizen security and governance in some parts of Mexico, a country with which the United States shares a nearly 2,000-mile border and more than $500 billion in annual trade. Although organized crime-related violence in Mexico has generally declined since 2011, analysts estimate that it may have claimed more than 80,000 lives between December 2006 and December 2014. Recent cases—particularly the disappearance of 43 students in Guerrero, Mexico in September 2014—have drawn attention to the problems of corruption and impunity for human rights abuses in Mexico.
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