Politics, Armed Forces and drug trafficking in Mexico: An outlaw army?

Abstract

The essay aims to examine the legal and policy issues raised by the military intervention in combating drug trafficking and organized crime in the areas of criminal investigation and people detention in Mexico. Basically, the paper explores three major areas of noncompliance with the law or legal vacuum in matter related to that intervention: a) arrests and independent criminal investigation by the military; b) lack of protocol in use of military force in civilian operations; c) military courts.

Keywords

• ejército y delincuencia organizada
• narcotráfico
• fuero militar en méxico y delincuencia organizada