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Organized Crime and Ministries Without Politics
Born to control the security forces, the Ministry of Security never succeeded in developing a comprehensive strategy. Its origins, limitations, and challenges in confronting organized crime.

Lucas Manjon


The Economy of Violence
Violence is not evenly distributed: it follows the structure of the market. Between Mexico and Argentina, that difference reveals two distinct forms of organization within the same global chain.

Lucas Manjon


It’s the economy, stupid: fentanyl, drugs, and accumulation
Fentanyl made it possible to reduce costs, expand supply, and massify consumption. When pain becomes a business and turns into an opportunity.

Lucas Manjon


The narco and Sisyphus' stone
Since the 1970s, the same policies of mass incarceration for those who produce and sell drugs have remained in place.

Lucas Manjon


The particular and enormous differences in drug trafficking between Argentina and Mexico
In many cases, those who take a position on what kind of policy should be implemented regarding drug trafficking often do so from a place of ignorance and arbitrary associations. The global development of drug trafficking and the particular differences across various countries should compel us to propose policies that are specific yet interconnected.

Lucas Manjon
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