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Narcotra'ico  as  a  form  of  globalization  

Narcotrafico  as  a  form  of  globaliza1on  I  geography  of  narcotrafico  

Interna1onal  geography  Mexican  geography  Tradi1onal  zones  Expanded  zones  

Impacts  of  narcotrafico  Violence,  gun-­‐running  Income  equality  Narco-­‐gobierno  Military  corrup1on  

Popular  culture  Saints  and  sinners  Places  of  narco-­‐trafico  narcocorrida  

International  geography  

Mexico  and  Central  America:  Impacts  

Money  movement  

Drug  Culture  

Rio  Sipo  Ecohotel,  US  drug  blockade    

Mexico  Drug  Trafficking:  History  

Pre-­‐2000:  PRI  regime;  controlled  drug  running  (Ross  reading)  One  big  narco  Narco-­‐Gobierno  Low  violence,  high  profits  

Post-­‐2000:  PAN  regime;  war  on  drugs  Mul1ple  Narcos;  drug  war  Narco-­‐Goberinos??  High  Violence,  lower  profits  

Cannabis   Opium  

Produc1on  and  Transport  

Ephedra??  

Connec1on  to  immigra1on:  forced  drug  carrying  &  Charging  Tolls  on    Undocumented  Migrants  

Innocents  murdered  

Effects   I  communal  violence  

Narco  Bling  

Narco-­‐Gobiernos  

Corrup1on  

Military  and  police  corrup1on  

Paramilitaries?  

Popular  Culture  and  Drug  Running  

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Suburban  Dorada  

Saints  and  Sinners  

Malverde  

Working  in  the  Fields:  Culiacan,  Sinaloa