It's, it's a, whereas drug cartels in Mexico are business operations pretty much solely, this is almost more like they kind of have the reverse proportions, right? [00:17:12] It almost seems like a nationalist thing and it's like, well the only way we're gonna be able to fund ...
Procedural cartel theory (Cox and McCubbins 2005) expects intra-majority party conflict in final passage votes to be reduced to a minimum. This is a consequence of agenda control by key party members. I inspect roll call voting in the 4th legislature of Mexico City's Assembly (2006-09) ...
When a witness decides to enter WITSEC, U.S. Marshals immediately arrive at his or her home to whisk the witness away. Even when the witness is already in custody, agents come for the family. Early in WITSEC’s history, Shur expanded the program to protect family members as the mob re...
Yeah, he did. And that was different. It was different because we were in a long cold war. Yes, he was buying into enemy propaganda, part of it being because he was a man of his time, and he didn’t see the problems inherent in central control (of anything, really) and part of ...
you can score empty waves at even well known spots. Recently due to issues with crime and the cartels some areas in Mexico have travel advisories (Michoacan and Sinaloa in particular). It doesn’t mean that the areas are off limits, but if you go you should understand the rules for trave...
In total, I interviewed 64 individuals, seven women and 57 men, who had been incarcerated in a prison setting in Texas, Arizona, Illinois, California, and Chihuahua, Mexico. The respondents represented different gangs, neighborhoods, and social cir- cles, with at least 20 street gangs and 12...