MEXICO/COLOMBIA: Organised crime lessons mislead
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- Comparison basis
- Narcotics-violence nexus
- Violent narcotics contest
- Corrupt public institutions
- Comparison limits and risks
- Overstating Mexican state fragility
- Misdiagnosing organised crime
- Exaggerating Mexican violence
- More instructive comparisons
- Diffuse drug rings
- Professionalising security forces
- Robust judicial institutions
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