Organized Crime in Latin American Cities. The Case of Mexico City

This is a study of urban Organized Crime in Mexico City. The article proposes a conceptual framework to understand the development of what is called urban criminal It also explains why these firms develop, what is their structure, their spaces and the limitations to expand into other areas of the me...

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Autor: Alvarado Mendoza, Arturo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista URVIO
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/2407
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/2407
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Crimen organizado
delincuencia organizada urbana
criminalidad urbana transgresión.
Organized Crime
Urban Criminal Firm
Urban Crime
Criminal Networks
Governance.
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Sumario:This is a study of urban Organized Crime in Mexico City. The article proposes a conceptual framework to understand the development of what is called urban criminal It also explains why these firms develop, what is their structure, their spaces and the limitations to expand into other areas of the metropolis and maintain market power. This paper proposes a new model to explain the way Organized Crime organizations work in Latin American cities. Their actions have a high impact in the cost of violence, the quality of life of their habitants and in the urban governance. The oc literature partially explains the articulation between the international market of products and illegal services and the local commerce. However, it doesn’t explain how the urban local organizations emerge and operate and which are their specificities. To solve this problem, I propose the concept urban criminal firm.