From Spent Cartridges to Militarization: The Military and the Political Right in Modern Mexico
In December 2006, Mexico's newly elected president, Enrique Calderón, sent 6,700 Mexican troops into the state of Michoacán to combat organized crime. The following month, television pictures showed Calderón reviewing these forces dressed in olive green military fatigues and surrounded by a co...
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lenguaje: | Anglais |
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Nuevo mundo mundos nuevos
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | In December 2006, Mexico's newly elected president, Enrique Calderón, sent 6,700 Mexican troops into the state of Michoacán to combat organized crime. The following month, television pictures showed Calderón reviewing these forces dressed in olive green military fatigues and surrounded by a cohort of officers. Soon after, Calderón began to talk of waging a "frontal war" against organized crime. Although some left-wing journalists worried about military's involvement in policing and mocked Ca... |
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