Date:
Location:
"Government Crackdowns and the Transformation of Mexican Drug Cartels"
Speaker:
Marco Alcocer, Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. PhD, Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego.
Moderator:
Steve Levitsky, Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.
Registration:
This event is hybrid. Please register to attend this event via Zoom.
Contact:
Darinelle Merced-Calderon
dmercedcalderon@fas.harvard.edu
Presented by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.
Abstract:
This research project explores how the Mexican War on Drugs prompted drug cartels to diversify their activities and expand their geographic presence beyond their historical strongholds. Focusing on oil theft, it then explores the intrusion of cartels into new territories and analyzes its impacts on politics, crime, and violence.
