El norte chiquito: From ‘dirty wars’ to drug wars in the Guerrero hotlands

Mexico’s so-called “War on Drugs” began as a war on poor people. This article locates the roots of Mexico’s current drug-related violence in a longer history of state terror and violence enacted against social movements and rural communities. The article traces this history by grounding it locally i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander Aviña
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CEDLA 2021-12-01
Series:European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Online Access:https://www.erlacs.org/articles/10866