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Past Event
Seminar

After El Chapo: Leadership Decapitation and Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs)

Open to the Public

The February 2014 capture of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, head of the Sinaloa organization, appeared to be a victory against the Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs). It was not, in part because of inherent problems with decapitation as a tactic, and in part because of the particular goals and structures of the DTOs. Decapitation remains an attractive approach, however, because of the audiences it reaches and not because it degrades the targeted organizations.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Date: Time: - Location: Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369
205 million USD of drug money seized by the Mexican Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration in Mexico City, March 2007.

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The February 2014 capture of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, head of the Sinaloa organization, appeared to be a victory against the Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs). It was not, in part because of inherent problems with decapitation as a tactic, and in part because of the particular goals and structures of the DTOs. Decapitation remains an attractive approach, however, because of the audiences it reaches and not because it degrades the targeted organizations.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.