Transnational Criminal Organizations: Mexico's Commercial Insurgency

Abstract

In the past several years, U.S. government officials and journalists have compared the violence of transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) within Mexico to the terrorist tactics used by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and suggested that the TCOs are conducting an "insurgency."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA568533

Entities

People

  • Christopher Martinez

Organizations

  • United States Army Combined Arms Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Central America
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Criminals
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Insurgency
  • International Law
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • New York
  • Political Systems
  • Security
  • United States
  • Universities
  • Urban Areas
  • Violence

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.