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Primer on Sociopolitical and Military Developments on the U.S.-Mexico Border

This compilation of works consists mainly of articles from Military Review, publications authored by the Combat Studies Institute, monographs from students at the Command and General Staff College, and selected works from other sources for which we have permission to reproduce.

The Army University Press invites readers to submit for publishing consideration articles to Military Review or longer works to the Combat Studies Institute on issues related to U.S.-Mexico Border. Guidelines for submission are on the Army University Press website at http://www.armyupress.army.mil/Publish-With-Us/.

   
 
 

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Mexico’s Fight against Transnational Organized Crime

Mexico’s Fight against Transnational Organized Crime

By Dr. R. Evan Ellis

The author discusses Mexico's security challenges and its progress in combatting criminal groups and associated flows of illegal goods, and he offers recommendations for U.S. policy makers regarding support for our southern neighbor.

Published as an Online Exclusive Article, 24 May 2018.

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Mexico’s Fight against Transnational Organized Crime

Mexico

Failing State or Emerging Democracy

By Major Juan P. Nava, U.S. Army

Mexico will not fail despite serious economic challenges, increasing voter apathy, and an ongoing struggle with transnational criminal organizations.

Published in the MArch-April 2011 Edition of Military Review, p 31.

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Threat Analysis: Organized Crime and Narco-Terrorism in Northern Mexico

Threat Analysis:

Organized Crime and Narco-Terrorism in Northern Mexico

By Gordon James Knowles Ph.D.

Below America’s southern border, conditions are ripe for spawning potential mechanisms of terrorism directed at United States citizens. Awareness and cooperation with Mexican authorities are essential for controlling the threat.

Published in the January-February 2008 Edition of Military Review, p 73.

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A Troubled Past: The Army and Security on the Mexican Border, 1915-1917

A Troubled Past:

The Army and Security on the Mexican Border, 1915-1917

By Thomas A. Bruscino Jr.

The tempestuous historical border relationships between the United States and Mexico have always been complex.

Published in the July-August 2008 Edition of Military Review, p 31.

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Wilmer Matamoros, 23, an active Mara Salvatrucha gang leader at Tamara Prison, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 21 February 2006. (AP/Alexandre Meneghini)

The Maras

A Menace to the Americas

By Federico Brevé, former Minister of Defense of Honduras

We must act now against the mara gangs in Central America before they ally with drug traffickers to topple the region’s governments.

Published in the July-August 2007 Edition of Military Review, p 88.

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A gang leader shows the weapons with which he killed 13 inmates at the Pavoncito penitentiary, south of Guatemala City, 24 December 2002.

Are the Maras Overwhelming Governments in Central America?

By Steven C. Boraz and Thomas C. Bruneau

Large, well organized, and ruthlessly competent street gangs threaten Latin America’s newest democracies.

Published in the November-December 2006 Edition of Military Review, p 36.

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US-Mexican Border Security: Civil-Military Cooperation

US-Mexican Border Security

Civil-Military Cooperation

By Grahan H. Turbiville Jr.

Security along the US-Mexico border clearly will become a prominent and growing focus of US strategic planning, unilateral law enforcement, military actions and cross-border cooperation.

Published in the July-August 1999 Edition of Military Review, p 29.

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