Securing the “hyperborder”: U.S.-Mexico border security investments
In the fifth of a six-part Baker Institute Viewpoints series, experts respond to the question: What are the implications of expanding border security? Investments in border security must be carefully...
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In Mexico, security is in the eye of the beholder
The expression “perception is reality” has been used in a wide variety of situations, from marital infidelity to psychological operations during wartime. As unfair or unjust as that expression seems to...
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Perception and intent define the reality, but criminal violence in Mexico has...
While it has been suggested that drug violence may be somewhat tempered in Mexico with the quieting of the Ciudad Juárez and Tijuana plazas, overall criminality has risen. This means that violence in...
View ArticleMeasuring mayhem: The challenge of assessing violence and insecurity in Mexico
Brutal murders, beheadings, and assaults on police and the media punctuate news reports from Mexico on a near daily basis — that is, the reports that make it to the U.S. While the common perception is...
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Mexico’s national crime statistics show no significant decline in homicides...
According to statistics from Mexican government agencies, at least 135,000 people have been murdered since 2007, and more than 25,000 have disappeared. By the Mexican government’s own admission, it is...
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Mexico must address violence and profitability
Supporting change in the drug prohibition regime could significantly reduce drug cartel profits. As Mexico attempts to improve institutional frameworks to reduce violence, it suffers from the scourge...
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