Vojna drogových kartelov v Mexiku a jej implikácie pre mexicko-americké vzťahy
The drug cartel war in Mexico and its implications for Mexican-American relations

Author(s): Ivan Kovač
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Substance abuse and addiction, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: AMO – Asociace pro mezinárodní otázky
Keywords: drugs-trafficking;
Summary/Abstract: Mexico is practically the most important transit country for drug production from all of South America, taking into account its strategically important geographical location as a neighbor of the USA. According to data from the US Department of State, up to 90% of cocaine enters the US through Mexico. Today's powerful and highly organized smuggling groups are successors in the long smuggling history of the Mexican cartels. During the long period of one-party rule in Mexico (the PRI government; 1929-2000), the authorities tried to keep the negative effects, mainly violence, to a minimum, also by using quiet "drug trafficking management". In practice, this meant that central and regional governments often turned a blind eye to these crimes, either for profit or to maintain the peace. The result of the government's passive policy towards the cartels was mutual tolerance based on the principle of non-interference. Until the first half of the 90s, armed conflicts between competing drug organizations were only sporadic.

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