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CV Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera Associate Professor George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government Van Metre Hall, Room 676 3351 Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA, 22201 Tel. (703) 993-6273 [email protected] Global Fellow Woodrow Wilson Center Non-resident Scholar Center for the United States and Mexico James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University Co-editor International Studies Perspectives (ISP) journal

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT George Mason University (GMU), Fairfax, VA Schar School of Policy and Government

- Associate Professor (August 2017 to date) The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), Brownsville, TX Department of Public Affairs and Security Studies

- Associate Professor (September 2015-July 2017) The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB), Brownsville, TX Department of Government

- Department Chair (September 2012 - August 2015) - Associate Professor (September 2013-August 2015) - Assistant Professor (August 2009-August 2013)

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center (2017-2021)

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CV Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera

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Non-resident Scholar, Center for the United States and Mexico, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University (2017-2021) Co-editor of the International Studies Perspectives (ISP) journal (Oxford University Press – International Studies Association, ISA) (2020-2024).

EDUCATION 1. New School for Social Research/The New School; New York, NY Political Science Department Ph.D. in Political Science; January 2010 Major Field: Comparative Politics Minor Field: American Politics Ph.D. Dissertation Title: DEMOCRACY IN "TWO MEXICOS": Political Exclusion, Economic Exclusion, and (Un)civil Modes of Political Action in Oaxaca and Nuevo León 2. New School for Social Research/The New School; New York, NY Political Science Department M.Phil. in Political Science; January 2005 M.A. in Political Science; May 2002 Area of Specialization: Comparative Politics 3. Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA); Mexico City Department of Economics B.A. in Economics (Licenciatura en Economía); December 1997. Area of Specialization: Macroeconomics (Field of interest: International Economics) B.A. Thesis: “Desarrollo Financiero y Crecimiento Económico: Teoría y Evidencia Empírica para Países en Desarrollo” (Financial Development and Economic Growth: Theory and Empirical Evidence for Developing Countries) Degree with honors: Honorific Mention (Mención Honorífica)


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TEACHING Courses (since Fall 2017 to date): GMU GOVT 133 Introduction to Comparative Politics GOVT 398/ITRN 702 The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations GOVT 444 Border Politics and Policy in a Global Era: Comparative Perspectives GOVT 490 U.S.-Mexico Border Policy GOVT 491 Honors Seminar POGO 750 The U.S.-Mexico Border: Society, Policy Dynamics and Security POGO 750 From Venezuela to Mexico: Security Challenges PUBP 880 Global and International Public Policy Other courses: UTB/UTRGV; Brownsville, Texas Latin American Politics (Undergraduate) American Hispanic Politics / Latino Politics (Undergraduate) American Government and Policy (Undergraduate) Seminar in International and Development Policy and Management (Graduate) International and Comparative Public Policy and Management (Graduate) United States-Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Relations (Graduate) Public Policies in the Mexico-U.S. Border Region (Graduate) Hokkaido University; Sapporo, Japan Border Studies Summer School 2017 Instructor; July 12-14, 2017 Course: Globalization, Securitization and Human Trafficking in the U.S.-Mexico Border Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF); Matamoros, Tamaulipas Certificate on Border Studies (Diplomado en Estudios Fronterizos) Instructor; October 19, 20, 26, and 27, 2012 Course: Mexico-U.S. Border Relation: Basic Problems, Institutional Framework, and Critical Topics Mexican School of Intelligence and National Security (Escuela de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional, ESISEN); Mexico City Instructor; November 24-27, 2014 Course: Advanced Prospective Instructor; November 10 and 11, 2011


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Course: Security in Mexico’s Northern Border. The Three Mexico’s Northern Borders: Tijuana-San Diego, Ciudad Juárez-El Paso, and Tamaulipas-Texas Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA); Mexico City Departments of Economics and Political Science Visiting Scholar/Part-time Faculty; Fall 2005 - Spring 2007 Course: Comparative Politics/Seminar of Political Research II (Fall 2006 and Spring 2007) Eugene Lang College/The New School; New York, NY Social and Historical Studies Instructor; Fall 2003 Course: Introduction to Comparative Politics Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA); Mexico City Department of Economics Instructor; Spring 2000 Course: Introduction to Macroeconomics (“Macroeconomics I”)

RESEARCH Research Interests: ▪ Border studies ▪ Border security ▪ Drug trafficking and organized crime ▪ Migration ▪ Human trafficking ▪ Energy and security ▪ U.S.-Mexico relations ▪ Contemporary Mexican politics ▪ Latin American politics Research Projects: “Explaining the Causes of U.S.-Bound Migration in an Era of Migrant Caravans” (research project with Naoru Koizumi); Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University; Fall 2019-Fall 2020.


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“Central American Migration. An Assessment of Social and Psychological Drivers.” In collaboration with José Miguel Cruz and José F. Colón Burgos, Florida International University; Summer 2019-Fall 2019. “Resilient Communities against Transnational Gangs (RESCAT).” Workshop for Law-Enforcement, Public Officials and Defense Professionals / K-12 Teacher Training Workshop. In collaboration with Mariely López Santana and José Miguel Cruz (principal organizer), Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University. Made possible with support from LACC’s US Department of Education Title VI Grant. “The Structure, Aims, and Functions of Central American Gangs in Northern Virginia” (research project with Mariely López-Santana); Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University; Fall 2018-Spring 2019. Participant in the project “The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations” (organized by Rice University’s Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico); Spring 2018-Spring 2019 Individual project: “The future of the U.S.-Mexico Border” (with Jason Ackleson) Participant in the project on “Binational Institutional Development on the U.S.-Mexico Border” (organized by Rice University’s Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico); Spring 2017-Spring 2018. Individual project: “Law Enforcement Security Cooperation on the U.S.-Mexico Border (with Evan McCormick) Visiting researcher (Spring 2016). Research Center on North America (Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte, CISAN), National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM). Project: “Trafficking of Migrants and Organized Crime in Central America, Mexico and the United States” Participant in the 2015-2016 project: “The Rule of Law and Mexico’s Energy Reform” (organized by Rice University’s Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico and the University of Houston’s Center for U.S. and Mexican Law, in collaboration with the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies, the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, the Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo, A.C. (CIDAC), and the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León). Individual project: “Security, the Rule of Law, and Energy Reform in Mexico” (with Dr. Tony Payan) Participant in the project: “Circulations, Insecurity and Violence in Northeastern Mexico and South Texas” (organized by CONACYT-Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, CIESAS-Noreste); Spring 2015-Fall 2016.


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Individual project 1: “Migration, Organized Crime and Human Trafficking in the Texas-Tamaulipas Border” Individual project 2: “Militarization and Social Media: The ‘Virtual’ War against Organized Crime in Northeastern Mexico” Research fellow (2013). The Freie Universität Berlin (Free University of Berlin)-Desigualdades.net Project: “Inequalities and Global Flows in Mexico’s Northeastern Border: The Effects of Migration, Trade, the Energy Industry, and Transnational Organized Crime” Visiting researcher (Summer 2012). CISAN, UNAM. Project: “Militarization, Paramilitarization and Organized Crime on the Texas-Tamaulipas Border” Drugs, Security and Democracy (DSD) Postdoctoral Fellow (2011)1 Project: “Violence on the ‘Forgotten’ (Texas-Tamaulipas) Border: Unemployment, Corruption, and the Paramilitarization of Organized Crime in Mexico’s New Democratic Era”

GRANTS Co-Principal Investigator EAGER - Disrupting Operations of Illicit Supply Networks National Science Foundation (NSF) Project: “Network Analysis and Opportunities for Disruption of Organ Trafficking” $291,510.00 (24 months, starting November 1, 2018) Principal Investigator: FY 2014 International Programs to Combat Trafficking in Persons Grant Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State Project: “Trafficking in Persons along Mexico’s Eastern Migration Routes: The Role of Mexican Transnational Criminal Organizations” $200,000.00 (18 months, starting April 2015)

FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER AWARDS

1 The DSD Fellowship is funded by the Open Society Foundations' Latin America Program and Global Drug Policy Program. The fellowship program is a partnership between Open Society Foundations (OSF), Social Science Research Council (SSRC), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia.


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Summer fellowship (2020). Rice University’s Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico Project: Counterinsurgency, Information Technology and a New Social Movement Theory Non-resident Scholar, Center for the United States and Mexico, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University (2017-2021) Expert in the areas of Mexico-U.S. relations, organized crime, immigration, border security and human trafficking (October 1, 2017-September 30, 2021) Woodrow Wilson Center Global Fellow (2017-2021) Latin American Program (August 2017-July 2021) Short-term visiting fellow (May 21 - June 8, 2018). Rice University’s Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico Project: Una Guerra Improvisada: Historias Personales y Perspectivas Políticas de la Seguridad en México (“An Improvised War: Personal Stories and Political Perspectives of Mexico’s Security”) (with Dr. Tony Payan) 2018 President-Elect’s Outstanding Emerging Scholar Award, Western Social Science Association 2017-2018 Herman Brown Distinguished Scholar, Texas Christian University (TCU) Woodrow Wilson Center Residential Fellowship (2016-2017) Project: “Trafficking in Persons, Irregular Immigration and Transnational Organized Crime in Central America and Mexico” (September 2016-July 2017) 2015 Emerging Scholar of the Year Award; by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education Research fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin - Desigualdades.net project (June–August 2013) Drugs, Security and Democracy (DSD) Post-doctoral Fellowship (August 2011-July 2012) FULBRIGHT Fellowship (Sep 2000-May 2002) Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) Scholarship (Fall 2000–August 2006) New School for Social Research Dissertation Fellowship (2003-2004) New School for Social Research Graduate Teaching Fellowship (2003-2004) New School for Social Research Tuition Scholarship (Fall 2000 - Fall 2003)


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Janey Program for Latin American Studies Summer Grant (Summer 2004) 2002 Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) New Social Science Training Fellowship (September-December 2002)

PUBLICATIONS

Books Una Guerra Improvisada: Historias Personales y Perspectivas Políticas de la Seguridad en México (co-authored with Tony Payan). Mexico City: Grijalbo/Proceso [forthcoming 2020]. Los Zetas Inc.: Criminal Corporation, Energy and Civil War in Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press (August 2017). Los Zetas Inc.: La Corporación Delictiva que Funciona como Empresa Transnacional. Mexico City: Editorial Planeta (September 2018). Democracy in “Two Mexicos”: Political Institutions in Oaxaca and Nuevo León. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2013).

Book Chapters “The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands: Exploring Alternative Futures” (co-authored with Jason Ackleson). In Payan, Tony, et al., eds., The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations. Houston, Texas: Arte Público, The University of Houston [forthcoming 2020]. “United States-Mexico Law Enforcement and Border Security Cooperation: An Institutional-Historical Perspective” (co-authored with Evan McCormick). In Payan, Tony, ed., Binational Institutional Development on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press [forthcoming 2020]. “Una Guerra Improvisada: Lecciones para el Futuro de la Seguridad en México” (co-authored with Tony Payan). In John M. Ackerman, ed., El Cambio Democrático en México: Retos y Posibilidades de la “Cuarta Transformación” Siglo XXI, UNAM and EL INEHRM (2019): pp. 613-639. “Oil, Gas, and Guns: War, Privatization, and Violence in Tamaulipas, Mexico” (co-authored with Carlos Daniel Gutierrez-Mannix). In Dawn Paley and Simon Granovsky-Larsen, eds.,


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Organized Violence and the Expansion of Capital. Regina, Canada: University of Regina Press (2019): pp. 135-161. “Política Migratoria, Migración Irregular y Seguridad: Un Análisis de las Dos Fronteras Mexicanas.” In José Luis Calva, ed., Migración de Mexicanos a Estados Unidos: Derechos Humanos y Desarrollo (Volumen 20. México 2018-2024: Nueva Estrategia de Desarrollo). Ciudad de México: Juan Pablos Editor, UNAM (2019): pp. 1032-1055. “Militarización y Redes Sociales: La Guerra Virtual contra la Delincuencia Organizada en México.” In Efrén Sandoval Hernández, ed., Violentar la Vida en el Norte de México: Estado, Tráficos y Migraciones en la Frontera con Texas. Ciudad de México: CIESAS, Plaza y Valdés (2018): pp. 183-220. “Migración Irregular, Delincuencia Organizada y Trata de Personas en la Frontera de Tamaulipas con Texas” (co-authored with María Fernanda Machuca). In Efrén Sandoval Hernández, ed., Violentar la Vida en el Norte de México: Estado, Tráficos y Migraciones en la Frontera con Texas. Ciudad de México: CIESAS, Plaza y Valdés (2018): pp. 303-325. “Una Política de Seguridad ‘No Convencional’ y el Nuevo Paramilitarismo en México.” In Carlos Antonio Flores Pérez, ed., La Crisis de Seguridad y Violencia en México: Causas, Efectos y Dimensiones del Problema. Ciudad de México: CIESAS (2018): pp. 94-115. “Militarización, Violencia y Límites a la Seguridad Ciudadana en un Estado en Crisis: El Caso de Tamaulipas.” In José Alfredo Zavaleta Betancourt and Arturo Alvarado Mendoza, eds., Violencia, Seguridad Ciudadana y Victimización en México. Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Colofón, RIEM (2018): pp. 213-236. “The War on Drugs in Latin America from a Development Perspective.” In Julie Cupples, Marcela Palomino-Schalscha, and Manuel Prieto, eds., The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Development. New York, New York: Routledge (2018): pp. 132-144. “Between the Sword and the Wall: Guatemalan Refugees in the Yucatán Peninsula” (co-authored with Arthur Sanders Montandon). In Gerhard Besier and Katarzyna Stokłosa, eds., How to Deal with Refugees? Europe as a Continent of Dreams. Münster, Germany: LIT Verlag (2018): pp. 131-153. “Militarización y Violencia en Tamaulipas.” In Raúl Benítez Manaut and Sergio Aguayo Quezada, eds., Atlas de la Seguridad y la Defensa de México 2016. Mexico City: CASEDE and Instituto Belisario Domínguez del Senado de la República (2017): pp. 181-190. “Participación Ciudadana y Seguridad en la Frontera Norte de México: Un Balance de las Experiencias.” In Socorro Arzaluz and Arturo Zárate Ruiz, eds., Frontera Norte y Ciudadanía ante la Encrucijada de la Inseguridad. Mexico City: Colegio de la Frontera Norte (2017): pp. 219-238.


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“La “Tregua” con la Juventud Perdida de El Salvador.” In Virginia Ilescas and Mario Cortés Larrinaga, eds., Perspectivas, Retos y Propuestas para la Integración de la Política Pública Dirigida hacia los Jóvenes en México. La Paz, Baja California: Universidad del Istmo, Tecnológico Nacional de México, and Instituto Tecnológico de La Paz (2017): pp. 87-98. “Seguridad, Estado de Derecho y Reforma Energética en México” (co-authored with Tony Payan). In Tony Payan, Stephen Zamora and José Ramón Cossío, eds. El Estado de Derecho y la Reforma Energética. Mexico City: Tirant Lo Blanch México (2016): pp. 403-434. “Migración Indocumentada, Crimen Organizado y Trata de Personas a lo Largo de la Frontera Este México-Estados Unidos” (co-authored with Jennifer Bryson Clark). In Werner Mackenbach and Günther Maihold, eds., Globalización, Migración, Convivencia. Perspectivas de Centroamérica y México. San José, Costa Rica: Editorial Jade (2015): pp. 39-51. “Bilingual College Education at UTB: Improving Student Success in the Rio Grande Valley” (co-authored with Oralia de los Reyes). In Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta, and Thomas Daniel Knight, eds. Yet More Studies in Rio Grande Valley History (Vol. 13). Brownsville, Texas: University of Texas at Brownsville (2015): pp. 339-359. “Women and Violence on the ‘Forgotten’ Border.” In Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, and Antonio Zavaleta, eds. Still More Studies in Rio Grande Valley History (Vol. 12). Brownsville, Texas: University of Texas at Brownsville (2014): pp. 233-254. “Drug Wars, Social Networks and the Right to Information: Informal Media as Freedom of the Press in Northern Mexico” (co-authored with Jose Nava). In Tony Payan, Kathleen Staudt, and Z. Anthony Kruszewski, eds., A War that Can’t Be Won: Binational Perspectives on the War on Drugs. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press (2013): pp. 96-118. “Violencia en el Noreste Mexicano. El Caso Tamaulipas: Estado, Sociedad y Crimen Organizado.” In Vicente Sánchez Munguía, ed., Violencia e Inseguridad en los Estados Fronterizos del Norte de México en la Primera Década del Siglo XX1. Puebla, Puebla: Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (2013): pp. 139-162. “Las Fuentes de Financiamiento como Determinantes de la Transformación del Modelo Económico en México (1940-1998)” (co-authored with Gerardo Jacobs and Vicente Cell). In Mauricio de Miranda, ed., Reforma Económica y Cambio Social en América Latina y el Caribe. Cuatro Casos de Estudio: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, México. Bogotá, Colombia: TM Editores, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali (November 2000): pp. 96-140.

Edited Collections


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North American Borders in Comparative Perspective: Re-Bordering Canada, The United States of America and Mexico in the 21st Century (co-edited with Victor Konrad). Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press [forthcoming Spring 2020]. Special issue of the Journal of Borderlands Studies (co-edited with Kathleen Staudt): The Multiple U.S.-Mexico Borders. Volume 29, Issue 4, 2014.

Articles Peer-reviewed “The Nature of MS-13 in the American Context: A Transnational Comparison” (co-authored with Mariely López-Santana and Camilo Pardo-Herrera). Small Wars and Insurgencies 31:7 (2020) [forthcoming]. “Metodologías de Investigación, Crimen Organizado y Análisis de Redes Sociales: Un Estudio de Caso en la Frontera.” Revista Latinoamericana de Metodología de la Investigación Social [forthcoming 2020]. “Transforming Mexico’s Energy Field: The Intended Consequences of a Drug War.” Small Wars and Insurgencies 30:2 (2019): pp. 489-517. “Reforming Mexico’s Anti-trafficking in Persons Legislation” (co-authored with Arthur Sanders Montandon). Mexican Law Review 11:1 (2018): pp. 3-30. “Re-victimizing Trafficked Migrant Women: The Southern Border Plan and Mexico’s Anti-trafficking Legislation” (co-authored with Jennifer Bryson Clark). Eurasia Border Review 8:1 (2017): pp. 55-70. “Citizen Journalism: From Thomas in Boston to Twitter in Tamaulipas: A Case Study” (co-authored with Ruth Ann Ragland and María Machuca). The Journal of Social Media in Society 5:3 (2016): pp. 283-315. “Workers, Parties and a "New Deal:" A Comparative Analysis of Corporatist Alliances in Mexico and the United States, 1910-1940” (co-authored with Ruth Ann Ragland). Labor History 57:3 (2016): pp. 323-346. “U.S. Drug Policy and Supply Side Strategies: Assessing Effectiveness and Results” (co-authored with Michelle Keck). Norteamérica CISAN-UNAM 10:2 (July-December 2015): pp. 47-67.


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“Inequalities and Global Flows in Mexico’s Northeastern Border: The Effects of Migration, Commerce, Hydrocarbons, and Transnational Organized Crime.” Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 40:3 (Autumn 2015): pp. 326-350. “Losing the Monopoly of Violence: The State, a Drug War, and the Paramilitarization of Organized Crime in Mexico (2007-2010)” (co-authored with Michelle Keck and Jose Nava). State Crime Journal 4:1 (2015): pp. 77-95. “Violence on the “Forgotten” Border: Mexico’s Drug War, the State, and Paramilitarization of Organized Crime in Tamaulipas in a ‘New Democratic Era’”. Journal of Borderlands Studies 29:4 (2014): pp. 419-433. “An Introduction to the Multiple U.S.-Mexico Borders” (co-authored with Kathleen Staudt). Journal of Borderlands Studies 29:4 (2014): pp. 385-390. “The Phenomenology of Perception and Fear: Security and the Reality of the U.S.-Mexico Border” (co-authored with Terence Garrett). Journal of Borderlands Studies 29:2 (2014): pp. 243-255. “Seguridad y Migración en las Dos Fronteras de México: Diagnóstico y Recomendaciones de Política y Cooperación Regional.” Revista Migración y Desarrollo 12:22 (First semester 2014): pp. 147-171. “Administrative Surveillance and Fear: Implications for U.S.-Mexico Border Relations and Governance” (co-authored with Terence Garrett and Michelle Keck). European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 96 (April 2014): pp. 35-53. “Desarrollo Empresarial, Inversión Extranjera y Crimen Organizado en México: Los Efectos Reales de la Violencia (2006-2010).” Panorama Socioeconómico 31:46 (July 2013): pp. 25-36. “The Spectacle of Drug Violence: American Public Discourse, Media and Border Enforcement in the Texas-Tamaulipas Border Region during Drug War Times.” Norteamérica CISAN-UNAM 7:2 (July-December 2012): pp. 199-220. “Security, Migration, and the Economy in the Texas-Tamaulipas Border Region: The ‘Real’ Effects of Mexico's Drug War.” Politics & Policy 41:1 (February 2013): pp. 65-82. “Mexico’s Economic Dilemmas and Democratic Challenges in an Era of Reform.” Latin American Politics and Society 54:4 (Winter 2012): pp. 179-188. “The Mathematics of Mexico-U.S. Migration and U.S. Immigration Policy,” co-authored with Miriam Rojas-Arenaza. Policy Studies 33:4 (July 2012): pp. 297-312.


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“Political Cohesion in Northern Mexico: The Case of Nuevo León (1994-2006)." The Journal of South Texas 25:1 (Spring 2012): pp. 4-39. “Political Factionalism in Southern Mexico: The Case of Oaxaca (2000-2006)." The Journal of Politics in Latin America 4:1 (2012): pp. 73-106. Non peer-reviewed “The Myths of Central American Undocumented Immigration and MS-13 in the United States” (co-authored with Mariely López-Santana). Symposium Issue: ‘Border Myths: Exploring the Myths and Realities of Immigration Policies at the Border’. California Western International Law Journal 50:1 (2020) [forthcoming]. “Energy and Security in Mexico: The Real Winners of a Drug War.” Fletcher Security Review 5:1 (Summer 2018): pp. 57-62. Wilson Center policy report: Arguments to Reform Mexico’s Anti-Trafficking Legislation (co-authored with Arthur Sanders Montandon). Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center (March 22, 2018). “New Forms of Crime and Violence in the Americas: Human Trafficking, Transnational Organized Crime and Migration in Central America and Mexico.” Hemisphere 26 (Summer 2017): pp. 32-33. “Crimen, Corrupción y Pérdida del Monopolio de la Violencia en Honduras: Reflexiones y Apuntes de Viaje a San Pedro Sula, Choloma, El Progreso y la Ceiba.” Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center (July 2017). “La Peligrosa Trayectoria de la Niñez Migrante hacia Estados Unidos.” Seguridad y Sociedad 6:14 (December 2016): pp. 8-13. “Rhetoric, Policy and Reality: U.S. Border Security and Migration Reform.” Voices of Mexico 99 (Spring-Summer 2015): pp. 11-13. “Militarización y Seguridad Ciudadana en Tamaulipas: Dilemas de la Sociedad Civil y Límites a la Participación Ciudadana en una Entidad donde el Estado Perdió el Monopolio de la Violencia.” In Taller sobre Seguridad Ciudadana en México. Monterrey, Nuevo León: Woodrow Wilson Center, CAF - Development Bank of Latin America, and Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (October 2014). “Violence and Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico: The Economic Impact of the ‘War against Drugs’.” Voices of Mexico 96 (Autumn 2013): pp. 17-22.


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“A Business Perspective on Violence and Organized Crime.” Voices of Mexico 94 (Autumn 2012): pp. 19-22. “La Vuelta en ‘U’ de la Transición Mexicana: Los Límites de la Democracia Electoral a Diez Años de la Alternancia.” Revista Folios 4:24 (Autumn 2011): pp. 74-80. “El Actual Modelo de Desarrollo: Orígenes y Perspectivas” (co-authored with Gerardo Jacobs). Bien Común y Gobierno 23 (July 2000): pp. 13-26.

Encyclopedia Entries “Mexico” (co-authored with Carlos Daniel Gutierrez-Mannix). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications (2018). “Latinos and U.S. Policy.” The Encyclopedia of United States - Latin American Relations (EUSLA). Washington, DC: CQ Press (2012). “First Meeting of American Presidents (Panama), 1956.” The Encyclopedia of United States - Latin American Relations (EUSLA). Washington, DC: CQ Press (2012). “Second Meeting of American Presidents (Punta del Este), 1967.” The Encyclopedia of United States - Latin American Relations (EUSLA). Washington, DC: CQ Press (2012).

Book Reviews Kathleen Staudt, Border Politics in a Global Era: Comparative Perspectives. In Journal of Borderlands Studies 34:3 (2019). George W. Grayson, The Cartels: The Story of Mexico’s Most Dangerous Criminal Organizations and Their Impact on U.S. Security. In Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, September 2014. Diego E. Osorno, La Guerra de Los Zetas: Viaje por la Frontera de la Necropolítica. In Critical Reviews on Latin American Research 3:1 (2014). Ricardo Ravelo, Zetas: La Franquicia Criminal. In Diario 19 (February 23, 2014). Shannon Speed, Rights in Rebellion: Indigenous Struggle and Human Rights in Chiapas. In Latin American Politics and Society 50:4 (Winter 2008): pp. 193-196.

Issue Briefs and Public Policy Reports


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“El Desafío de la Seguridad Fronteriza a un Año de gobierno de la 4T.” In Desafíos Sociales en la Frontera Norte de México a un Año de Gobierno de AMLO. Laboratorio de Estudios sobre Violencia en la Frontera Norte (LEVIF, 2019). COLEF, Tijuana, Baja California: pp. 18-21. “Political Turpitude: The Negative Impact of Zero-Tolerance Immigration Policies on Irregular Labor Markets” (co-authored with Tony Payan). Issue Brief no. 07.09.18. Rice University’s Baker Institute, Houston, Texas. “Mexican Armed Forces and Security in Mexico” (co-authored with Tony Payan). Issue Brief no. 05.31.16. Rice University’s Baker Institute, Houston, Texas. “Land Ownership and Use under Mexico’s Energy Reform” (co-authored with Tony Payan). Issue Brief no. 10.29.14. Rice University’s Baker Institute, Houston, Texas. “Energy Reform and Security in Northeastern Mexico” (co-authored with Tony Payan). Issue Brief no. 05.06.14. Rice University’s Baker Institute, Houston, Texas.

Other Publications “Guerra, Narcoterror y Crónicas de Carteles.” In Revista Líder México 4:40 (January 2020): pp. 42-48. “Crónicas de una Guerra Anunciada.” In Revista Líder México 3:39 (December 2019): pp. 48-49. “Paramilitarismo. Después de Doce Años, estos son sus Efectos en México.” In Revista Líder México 3:38 (November 2019): pp. 50-52. “La Lucha Interna que Divide al Imperio.” In Revista Líder México 3:36 (September 2019): pp. 40-42. “El Chapo and Mexico’s Drug War Spectacle” (coauthored with Laura Weiss). In North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) (March 4, 2019). https://nacla.org/news/2019/03/04/el-chapo-and-mexico%E2%80%99s-drug-war-spectacle. “Magic is Not Always Good” (co-authored with Kathleen Staudt). In The Inquisitive Eater, The New School (January 10, 2019). http://inquisitiveeater.com/2019/01/10/magic-is-not-always-good-by-guadalupe-correa-cabrera-and-kathleen-staudt/.

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“Crónicas de Cárteles, Breitbart y la Guerra que Bosquejan en México.” In Newsweek en Español [cover story] 21:35 (September 1, 2017); pp. 16-22. “La Tregua con Las Maras que Destruyó el Estado” (Interview with former guerrilla member Raúl Mijango). In Newsweek en Español [cover story] 20:24 (June 6, 2016); pp. 14-22. Foreword of the book Drug War Capitalism by Dawn Marie Paley. Oakland, CA: AK Press (2014). “Migración, Crimen Organizado y Política en las Dos Fronteras de México.” Revista Internacional de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, SOCIOTAM 24:2 (July-December 2014): pp. 87-113. [Revised version of article in Revista Migración y Desarrollo 12:22 entitled “Seguridad y Migración en las Dos Fronteras de México: Diagnóstico y Recomendaciones de Política y Cooperación Regional”] “El Rascatripas. Hombre, Unos 35 Años de Edad.” In Lolita Bosch and Alejandro Vélez Salas, eds., Tú y Yo Coincidimos en la Noche Terrible. Mexico City: Nuestra Aparente Rendición (2012): pp. 89-90.

Op-Eds “Central American Caravans are not Organic Migrations. What Forces are Behind Them?” In The Dallas Morning News (May 14, 2019). https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/05/14/central-american-caravans-not-organic-migrations-forces-behind. “Caravanizando la Migración: Una Perspectiva desde México” (coauthored with Alejandro Solalinde). In Proceso magazine (May 5, 2019). https://www.proceso.com.mx/582414/caravanizando-la-migracion-una-perspectiva-desde-mexico. “Paradojas del Activismo Migratorio: ¿Coyotes o Robin Hoods?” (co-authored with Alan Bersin). El Heraldo de México, January 18, 2019. https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/opinion/paradojas-del-activismo-migratorio-coyotes-o-robin-hoods1/. “Activistas Defensores de Migrantes y Traficantes de Personas. El Fin de la Inocencia” (co-authored with Alan Bersin). El Informador, January 3, 2019. https://www.informador.mx/ideas/Activistas-Defensores-de-Migrantes-y-Traficantes-de-Personas.-El-Fin-de-la-Inocencia-20190103-0045.html. “Migrant Activists and Human Smugglers Collaborated at the Southern Border: Innocents Lost” (co-authored with Alan Bersin). The Hill, December 29, 2018.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/05/14/central-american-caravans-not-organic-migrations-forces-behind

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https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/423181-migrant-activists-and-human-smugglers-collaborated-innocents-lost. “Is MS-13 as dangerous as Trump suggests?” (co-authored with Mariely López-Santana and Camilo Pardo). Monkey Cage, The Washington Post, December 7, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/12/07/trump-keeps-warning-about-ms-13-is-it-really-as-dangerous-as-he-suggests/?utm_term=.99779e87f29f. “AMLO y la Frontera: ¿Seguirá México siendo el Patio Trasero de Estados Unidos?” Aristegui Noticias, August 17, 2018. https://aristeguinoticias.com/1708/mexico/amlo-y-la-frontera-seguira-mexico-siendo-el-patio-trasero-de-estados-unidos-articulo/. “Mexico's New President AMLO and Donald Trump Have Promised Mutual 'Respect.' How Long Can That Last?” TIME Magazine, July 3, 2018. http://time.com/5329128/amlo-trump-relations-us-mexico/. “Yuriria Sierra, Leon Krauze, Emiliano Salinas y La Trata Electoral.” Revista Polemón, June 25, 2018. https://polemon.mx/yuriria-sierra-leon-krauze-emiliano-salinas-y-la-trata-electoral#comments. “Mexico’s Drug War and Neoliberal Energy Reforms Could Be Good for Business, Especially Mercenary Companies.” Upside Down World, October 2, 2017. https://upsidedownworld.org/uncategorized/mexicos-drug-war-neoliberal-energy-reforms-good-business-especially-mercenary-companies/. “Criminal Corporations, Energy, and Militarization in the Age of Trump” (commentary). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press (2017). http://utpressnews.blogspot.com/2017/06/criminal-corporations-energy-and.html. “Gobierno espía: Gobierno inepto.” Newsweek en Español, July 3, 2017. https://www.pressreader.com/argentina/newsweek-en-espa%C3%B1ol/20170703/282054802053149. “Immigration and border security in the age of Trump.” The Expert Take, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center. March 24, 2017. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/immigration-and-border-security-the-age-trump. “¿A quién le conviene que se olvide la violencia en Tamaulipas?” AMÉXICA-Univision, August 12, 2016. http://www.univision.com/noticias/opinion/a-quien-le-conviene-que-se-olvide-la-violencia-en-tamaulipas.

https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/423181-migrant-activists-and-human-smugglers-collaborated-innocents-lost

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“Visiones fronterizas sobre seguridad: la realidad “desde dentro” en ambos lados.” AMÉXICA-Univision, July 18, 2016. http://www.univision.com/noticias/amexica/visiones-fronterizas-sobre-seguridad-la-realidad-desde-dentro-en-ambos-lados. “¿Qué está detrás de la elección en Tamaulipas? Seguridad y energía.” Sinembargo.mx, May 29, 2016. http://www.sinembargo.mx/29-05-2016/1665803. “Seguridad Fronteriza y Reforma Migratoria en los Estados Unidos: Retórica, Política y Realidad.” La Frontera, 35:2 (Spring 2015): pp. 14-15. http://absborderlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/La-frontera-352_h.pdf. “New Economic Opportunities on the U.S.-Mexico Border Amid the Drug War.” La Frontera, 34:1 (Fall 2013): p. 4. http://absborderlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/La-frontera-341small.pdf. “Achieving Border Security: A Matter of Money or Competency? The Baker Institute Viewpoints series: Border Spending / Houston Chronicle, August 1, 2013. http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2013/08/achieving-border-security-a-matter-of-money-or-competency/.

Working Papers “Inequalities and Global Flows in Mexico’s Northeastern Border: The Effects of Migration, Commerce, Hydrocarbons, and Transnational Organized Crime.” Working Paper Series, DesiguALdades.net - International Research Network on Interdependent Inequalities in Latin America: Lateinamerika-Institut of the Freie Universität Berlin (2014). “The ‘Double Transition’ in Latin America: Democratic Change and the ‘Washington Consensus’ (Main Critiques and Challenges in the 21st Century).” Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) Working Paper series 2003.

Blogs Blog of 12 episodes in Borderzine: Reporting across Fronteras (The University of Texas at El Paso, UTEP): “A Nine-Day Road Trip Hugging the Texas-Mexico Border” (co-authored with journalist Sergio Chapa) http://borderzine.com/2013/09/borderzine-invites-you-to-ride-with-us-on-a-nine-day-road-trip-hugging-the-texas-mexico-border/ http://borderzine.com/author/lupita/

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http://absborderlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/La-frontera-341small.pdf

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BOOKS/WORKS IN PROGRESS Book manuscript: The Networks of Caravans and Counterinsurgency: Towards a New Social Movement Theory.

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Keynote presentations and featured lectures “Mexico’s Role in Curbing Migration from the Northern Triangle.” Guest lecture hosted by Cornell’s Political Union, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY; October 29, 2019). “A Border Support Network: Pseudo-activism and Homeland Security in the Age of Migrant Caravans.” Keynote speaker at the Homeland Security Conference: On the Boarder by the Sea, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Brownsville, Texas; May 23-24, 2019). “Latin America, Immigration, Security and U.S. Policy Issues.” Pearson Lunch and Learn, and conversation with Obama Foundation Scholars. Hosted by the Harris School of Public Policy and The Pearson Institute, The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL; May 8, 2019). “Mexico’s Transnational Organized Crime.” Featured speaker, Joint Task Force North, Department of Defense (El Paso, Texas; February 27, 2019). “The Spectacle of the Wall and U.S. Border Security.” Reves Distinguished Lectures in International Studies, William & Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia; February 19, 2019). “The United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested.” Featured speaker, 2019 Great Decisions lecture series (Williamsburg, Virginia; February 19, 2019). “Criminal Corporations, Extractive Industries and A Drug War: Organized Crime and Late Capitalism at the Mexico-U.S. Border.” Featured lecture at Leiden University (Leiden, The Netherlands; June 13, 2018). “The Spectacle of U.S.-Mexico Border Security: Drugs, Immigration, and Political Rhetoric in the Trump Era.” The Herman Brown Distinguished Scholar Lecture, Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, Texas; February 5, 2018). “Delincuencia Organizada en Centroamérica y las Fronteras. Un Problema de Seguridad Regional." Keynote speaker at the opening of the Master’s Program in Hemispheric Security 2018 - Mexico’s Federal Police (Mexico City; January 12, 2018).


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“The History of U.S-Mexico Border Security Cooperation: From “Distant Neighbors” to Partners.” Keynote speaker at the Second International Conference on Border Studies (Brownsville, Texas; October 27, 2017). “Riesgos de la Inversión Empresarial Transfronteriza México-Estados Unidos.” Keynote speaker at the 3rd International Congress: Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, and Competitiveness, Instituto Tecnológico de la Paz (La Paz, Baja California Sur; May 2-4, 2017). “The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations.” Featured speaker at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University (Washington, DC; February 22, 2017). “Right-Wing Populism and the Future of Mexico-U.S. Border Relations.” Featured speaker at the Centre for Border Region Studies of Southern Denmark University (Sønderborg, Denmark; February 16, 2017). “Challenges and Opportunities in United States-Mexico Relations.” Featured speaker at the the Kozmetsky Center of St. Edwards University (Austin, Texas; February 8, 2017). “Connecting the Dots: Drug War Capitalism, Police Violence, Anti-Immigrant Hype, Militarization, and Communities of Resistance.” Keynote speaker at the 11th Annual Gathering, People for Peace and Justice, South Texas College (Weslaco, Texas; February 13, 2016). “A Dangerous Journey to the United States.” Keynote speaker at an event in commemoration of International Human Rights Day; hosted by Casa de Proyecto Libertad and Movimiento del Valle por los Derechos Humanos (Brownsville, Texas; December 10, 2015). “Paramilitarism and the Energy Sector in Mexico.” Featured speaker at the Conference Series on State Violence and Illegalities organized by CIESAS-Noreste (Monterrey, Nuevo León; June 19, 2015). “Energy and Security along the Eastern U.S.-Mexico Border: Challenges and Opportunities in the Framework of Mexico’s Energy Reform.” Keynote speaker at the Quarterly Public Affairs Luncheon of the South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce (South Padre Island, Texas; April 15, 2015). “Opportunities and Challenges of Mexico’s Energy Reform in Tamaulipas.” Keynote speaker at The U.S.-Mexico Energy Forum (Brownsville, Texas; October 6, 2014). “Los Zetas Inc. An Emerging Transnational Corporation, Hydrocarbons, and Mexico’s Drug War.” Featured speaker, Montana State University Billings (Billings, Montana; November 8, 2013).


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“The Texas-Mexico Border Today: Violence, Economic Development, Trade and Hydrocarbons.” Featured speaker, Rotary Harlingen (Harlingen, Texas; September 6, 2013). “Human Trafficking, Undocumented Immigration and Organized Crime in Mexico and the United States.” Featured speaker, Rio Grande Valley Partnership Chamber of Commerce (Weslaco, Texas; March 28, 2013). “Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling in the Rio Grande Valley.” Featured speaker, Valley International Country Club/VICC (Brownsville, Texas; March 20, 2013). “Security, Migration, and the Economy in the Texas-Tamaulipas Border Region: The ‘Real’ Effects of Mexico’s Drug War on U.S. and Mexico Border Cities.” Featured speaker, Latin American and Latino Studies Lecture Series. University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas; February 28, 2013). “Seguridad, Migración y Economía en la Frontera Este México-Estados Unidos: Los Efectos ‘Reales’ de la Denominada ‘Guerra contra las Drogas’.” Keynote speaker at the strategic event to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of El Colegio de la Frontera Norte: “Diagnóstico de la Realidad Social, Económica y Cultural de la Violencia y la Delincuencia en Municipios: Reflexiones Comparativas” (Monterrey, Nuevo León; October 24, 2012). “Violencia en el Este de la Frontera México-Estados Unidos: Narcotráfico y Militarización.” Featured speaker at the Research Center on North America (CISAN) - UNAM (Mexico City; August 20, 2012). “El Caso de Tamaulipas y los Zetas: Clave para Entender la Nueva Configuración del Crimen Organizado en México.” Featured speaker at the Research Center on North America (CISAN) - UNAM (Mexico City; August 15, 2012). “The Present and Future of Organized Crime in Mexico.” Featured speaker, Valley International Country Club/VICC (Brownsville, Texas; April 20, 2012). “Violence on the ‘Forgotten Border’: Cartel Wars in Tamaulipas, Mexico and its Border with Texas.” Keynote speaker at the 25th Annual Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) Conference (South Padre Island, Texas; May 20-23, 2012). “Flujos de Inversión, Desarrollo Empresarial y Seguridad en México: Las Empresas Mexicanas y Extranjeras en un Entorno Violento.” Keynote speaker at the 1st International Congress: Business Administration and Management in the 21st Century, Instituto Tecnológico de la Paz (La Paz, Baja California Sur; February 13-15, 2012).


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“Violence along the Texas-Mexico Border: Economic and Social Effects on Border Communities.” Featured speaker, South Padre Island Faculty Lecture Series, Club Padre (South Padre Island, Texas; January 20, 2012). “Violence along the Texas-Mexico Border: Implications for Border Communities.” Featured speaker at event organized by the Pan American Round Table of Beeville, Texas (Beeville Country Club; October 6, 2011). “Seguridad Fronteriza y Narcotráfico en México - El Caso Tamaulipas y los Zetas: Clave para Comprender el Crimen Organizado en el País.” Keynote presentation at Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City; November 7, 2011).

Academic conferences “Dilemmas of a Modern Underground Railroad in the Era of Migrant Caravans: A Road to Freedom or Modern-day Slavery.” Speaker at the symposium “Chasing Slavery: The Persistence of Forced Labor in the Southwest,” hosted by the Center for the Study of the Southwest Texas State University (San Marcos, Texas; October 25-26, 2019). “A Caravan/Border Support Network: American Activism, Counterinsurgency and the Geopolitics of Border Security.” Speaker at the symposium “New Directions at the Border,” hosted by the Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environmental Studies at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada; October 17, 2019). “North American Borders in Comparative Perspective: Parallels and Inequalities in an Era of Global Transition” (with Victor Konrad). Paper presented at the International Colloquium Frontières dans les Amériques, Université Grenoble Alpes (Grenoble, France; June 11-13, 2019). “The Truth About ‘The Caravans’: A Network Analysis of American Pseudo-Activism and Homeland Security” (co-authored with Cindy Azucena Gomez-Schempp). Paper presented at the 61st Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (San Diego, California; April 24-28, 2019). “The United States-Mexico Borderlands: Exploring Alternative Futures” (co-authored with Jason Ackleson). Paper presented at the 2019 American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Conference (Washington, DC; March 8-12, 2019). “Los Mexicanos Ilegales en Los Estados Unidos: A Human Problem” (co-authored with Alfonso Correa-Coss). Paper presented at the 16th Border Regions in Transition (BRIT) Conference (Nigeria-Benin Republic; October 15-18, 2018).


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“New Illicit Networks along the Migration Routes: Human Smugglers, Transnational Organized Crime, and Corruption.” Presentation at the Conference “Amérique Centrale: La Crise Invisible“ organized by the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales de l'Université de Montréal (CÉRIUM, The Montreal Centre for International Studies) (Montreal, Canada; October 2, 2018). “The U.S.-Mexico Border in the Trump Era: Immigration, Security and Political Rhetoric.” Presentation at the 2018 ABS Japan Chapter Workshop “Border Studies Today: Seen from North America, Europe and Asia” (Tokyo, Japan; September 29, 2018). “Borders in the Americas in the Era of Trump: Walls and Closed Borders.” Presentation at the World Social Science Forum’s Special Session to Commemorate the Completion of the Ito Campus, Kyushu University: “Border Studies Today: Theoretical Development and Its Role in the Contemporary World” (Fukuoka, Japan; September 28, 2018). “The State vs. the Maras: An Assessment of MS-13 in the American Context” (co-authored with Mariely López-Santana and Camilo Pardo). Paper presented at the 114th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) (Boston, MA; August 30-September 2, 2018). “Who benefits from the U.S.-supported War on Drugs in Latin America?” Paper presented at the UCSD-Stanford joint research workshop “Criminal and Political Violence in Mexico and Central America” (San Diego, California; May 4, 2018). “Revictimizing Women in Mexico: The Effects of the Current Anti-trafficking in Persons Legislation” (co-authored with Arthur Sanders Montandon). Paper presented at the 60th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (San Antonio, Texas; April 4-7, 2018). “The History of U.S.-Mexico Border Security Cooperation” (co-authored with Evan McCormick). Paper presented at the 60th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (San Antonio, Texas; April 4-7, 2018). “Trafficking of Migrants and Organized Crime in Central America, Mexico and the U.S.” Participant in the panel “Borders and Migration in a Trump Presidency.” Colloque International, Observatoire sur les États-Unis: Trump: l'an un; Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) (Montreal, Canada; November 9, 2017). “Trafficking of Migrants and Organized Crime: A Dangerous Journey to the United States.” Paper presented at the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) (San Francisco, CA; August 31-September 3, 2017).


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“The Southeastern U.S. border with Mexico under the Donald J. Trump’s presidency. How will border security interact?” Paper presented at the 59th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (San Francisco, California; April 12-15, 2017). “Militarización y Redes Sociales: La Guerra Virtual contra la Delincuencia Organizada en México.” Paper presented at the CIESAS-Noreste’s workshop “Migraciones, Inseguridad y Violencia en el Noreste de México” (Monterrey, Nuevo León; June 21, 2016). “Irregular Migration, Organized Crime and Trafficking in Persons along the Tamaulipas Border with Texas.” Paper presented at the CIESAS-Noreste’s workshop “Migraciones, Inseguridad y Violencia en el Noreste de México” (Monterrey, Nuevo León; June 20, 2016). “The New Dynamics of the once ‘Forgotten Border’: Trade, Infrastructure and Security in Brownsville/Matamoros in a New Energy Era.” Paper presented at the 15th Border Regions in Transition (BRIT) Conference (Hamburg, Germany – Sønderborg, Denmark; May 17-20, 2016). “Límites de la Seguridad Ciudadana y Reforma de las Instituciones de Seguridad y Justicia: El Caso de Tamaulipas.” Paper presented at the Conference “Márgenes Estatales, Seguridad Ciudadana y Reforma de la Justicia Penal en México” (El Colegio de México; Mexico City; May 3-4, 2016). “Trafficking in Persons and Migration in Tlaxcala, Mexico's Sex Trafficking Capital.” Paper presented at the eleventh Annual Symposium on Human Trafficking (McAllen, Texas; April 18-20, 2016). “Energy and Security in the Texas-Tamaulipas Border: Winner and Losers of the War on Drugs.” Paper presented at the 58th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Reno, Nevada; April 13-16, 2016). “Migration and Trafficking along Mexico’s Southern Border: The Unintended Consequences of Mexico’s Southern Border Plan and the Re-victimization of Vulnerable Groups” (co-authored with Jennifer Bryson Clark). Paper presented at the 58th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Reno, Nevada; April 13-16, 2016). “Cartels, Coyotes and Traffickers: Risks for Migrants in the Two Mexico’s Borders” (co-authored with Jennifer Bryson Clark). Paper presented at the 58th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Reno, Nevada; April 13-16, 2016). “Trata de Migrantes y Delincuencia Organizada Transnacional: Una Ruta Peligrosa desde los Países del Triángulo del Norte hasta la Frontera Tamaulipeca.” Paper presented at the Conference ‘La Frontera Noreste de México: Migración y Desarrollo. Retos y Desafíos’ (COLEF; Monterrey, Nuevo León; September 24, 2015).


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“Dilemas de la Migración en Las Américas: Desarrollo, (In)Seguridad y Delincuencia Organizada.” Workshop organizer and panel presenter at the 2015 International Metropolis Conference ‘Migrants, Key Players in the 21st Century’ (UNAM; Mexico City; September 7-11, 2015). “Security and the Social Media in Mexico: The Role of Civil Society, the State and Organized Crime.” Paper presented at the International Conference/Workshop ‘El Contexto de la Comunicación en Condiciones de Riesgo y Crisis en los Sectores Gubernamentales, Privados y ONG's’ (Comunicación en Áreas Específicas: Seguridad) (UNAM; Mexico City; June 29 and 30, 2015). “Paramilitarismo y Sector Energético en México.” Featured speaker at the Conference Series on State Violence and Illegalities (CIESAS-Noreste; Monterrey, Nuevo León; June 19, 2015) “U.S.-Mexico Border Issues and Policy Directions.” Paper presented at the conference on ‘The Texas-Mexico Border in Comparative North American Context’ (UT-Brownsville; Brownsville, Texas; May 7-8, 2015). “La Guerra Contra las Drogas en Redes Sociales: El Ciberespacio, el Nuevo Campo de Batalla.” Paper presented at the 33rd International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (San Juan, Puerto Rico; May 27-30, 2015). “Understanding the Linkages between Undocumented Migration, Organized Crime and Trafficking in Persons along the Eastern U.S.–Mexico Border” (co-authored with Jennifer Bryson Clark). Paper presented at the 57th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Portland, Oregon; April 8-11, 2015). “An Emerging Field after Mexico’s ‘Drug War’: Energy, Security and Business-led Cross-border Governance.” Paper presented at the 57th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Portland, Oregon; April 8-11, 2015). “Reflections on the Two North Korean Borders.” Paper presented at the 57th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Portland, Oregon; April 8-11, 2015). “Trafficking in Persons along Mexico’s Eastern Migration Routes: The Role of Mexican Transnational Criminal Organizations” (co-authored with Jennifer Bryson Clark). Paper presented at the tenth Annual Symposium on Human Trafficking (McAllen, Texas; March 25-26, 2015). “(In)security and Violence on the Mexico-U.S. border.” Presentation at the Workshop on Borders and Globalization; organized by the Border Research Team (Cuerpo Académico #83


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Estudio Fronterizos) of the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua; November 14, 2014). “Militarization, Paramilitarization and Organized Crime: Challenges for Citizen Security in Tamaulipas, Mexico.” Presentation at the Workshop on Citizen Security in Mexican Cities; organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center, CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (Monterrey, Nuevo León; October 28, 2014). “Emerging Fields after a Drug War: Businesses, Energy and Militarization on the Texas-Mexico Border.” Paper presented at the Cross-Border Governance in North America and Europe: Comparative Perspectives (Regina, Canada; September 22-23, 2014). “Migration, Organized Crime and Human Trafficking in the Eastern U.S.-Mexico Border Region.” Presentation at the International Workshop-Seminar on Globalization, Coexistence and Migration: Perspectives from Central America and Mexico; organized by the Cátedra Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt in Humanities and Social Sciences (San José, Costa Rica and Mexico City; June 4 and 6, 2014). “Research Methods and Research Experiences on the Eastern U.S.-Mexico Border: Paramilitarization of Organized Crime, Extreme Violence and Social Media.” Paper presented at the First World Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Joensuu, Finland and St. Petersburg, Russia; June 9-13, 2014). “Violence, Paramilitarization, and Hydrocarbons: A Business Model of Organized Crime in the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico.” Paper presented at the 32nd International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (Chicago, Illinois; May 21-24, 2014). “Desarrollo, Comercio, Energía y Delincuencia Organizada Transnacional en la Frontera Norte de México: Un Análisis de la Desigualdad Fronteriza.” Paper presented at the 56th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Albuquerque, New Mexico; April 2-5, 2014). “New Research Methodologies in Violent Borders: The Use of Social Media to Study the ‘Forgotten’ (Texas-Tamaulipas) Border.” Paper presented at the 56th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Albuquerque, New Mexico; April 2-5, 2014). “Resistance and Community Empowerment through Social Media: How Border Towns Protect Themselves against Border Violence” (co-authored with Manuel Chávez). Paper presented at the 56th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Albuquerque, New Mexico; April 2-5, 2014). “Inequalities and Global Flows in Mexico’s Northeastern Border: The Effects of Migration, Commerce, Hydrocarbons, and Transnational Organized Crime.” Paper presented at the 44th Urban Affairs Association (UAA) (San Antonio, Texas; March 19-22, 2014).


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“Risks on Freedom of Information and the Press due to Violence on the Southwestern U.S. Border.” Paper presented at the 55th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Denver, Colorado; April 10-13, 2013). “Seguridad y Migración en las Dos Fronteras de México.” Paper presented at the 55th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Denver, Colorado; April 10-13, 2013). “Migration and Organized Crime in the Texas-Tamaulipas Border Region: Human trafficking and the Dilemmas of Migrant Smuggling in the Rio Grande Valley” (co-authored with Jennifer Bryson Clark). Paper presented at the Eighth Annual Symposium on Human Trafficking (McAllen and Brownsville, Texas; April 9-11, 2013). “Violence on the ‘Forgotten’ Border: Unemployment, Endemic Corruption, and the Paramilitarization of Drug Cartels on the Texas-Tamaulipas Border.” Paper scheduled to be presented at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) (New Orleans, LA; August 30-September 2, 2012) [cancelled due to hurricane Isaac]. “Losing the Monopoly of Violence. Max Weber, the Mexican State, and the Paramilitarization of Organized Crime in Mexico during Drug War Times” (co-authored with Jose Nava). Paper presented at the 25th Annual Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) Conference (South Padre Island, Texas; May 20-23, 2012). “Women and Violence on the ‘Forgotten’ (Texas-Tamaulipas) Border.” Paper presented at the 54th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Houston, Texas; April 11-14, 2012). “The Phenomenology of Perception and Fear: Living and Working on the U.S.-Mexico Border” (co-authored with Terence Garrett). Paper presented at the 2012 American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Conference (Las Vegas, Nevada; March 2-6, 2012). “Drug Wars, Social Networks and the Right to Information: The Rise of Informal Media as the Freedom of Press’s Lifeline in Northern Mexico” (co-authored with Jose Nava). Paper presented at the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) (Seattle, Washington; September 1-4, 2011). “Border Violence, the (Mis)use of Media, and Border (Mis)management: The Media Spectacle of the so-called ‘War on Drugs’.” Paper presented at the 24th Annual Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) Conference (Norfolk, Virginia; May 19-22, 2011). “Administrative Surveillance and Fear: Implications for Governance for Those Living on the Mexican and U.S. Border” (co-authored with Terence Garrett and Michelle Keck). Papers


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presented at the 24th Annual Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) Conference (Norfolk, Virginia; May 19-22, 2011). “Language, Ethnicity and Inequality” (co-authored with Irma Guadarrama). Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Salt Lake City, Utah; April 13-16, 2011). “The Current Dilemmas of Mexico-U.S. Border Economics: Media Spectacles, Drug Violence, and U.S. Immigration Policy.” Paper presented at the 2011 American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Conference (Baltimore, Maryland; March 11-15, 2011). “Measuring Up Student Success: Discovering Factors Contributing to Student Success in Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs)” (co-authored with Oralia de los Reyes). Paper presented at the 2011 American Political Science Association (APSA) Teaching and Learning Conference (Albuquerque, New Mexico; February 11-13, 2011). “Democracy in ‘Two Mexicos’: The Challenge of Political Exclusion and Economic Inequality in Oaxaca and Nuevo Leon.” Paper presented at the 29th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (Toronto, Canada; October 6-9, 2010). “The Mathematics of Mexico-U.S. Migration Policies” (co-authored with Dr. Miriam Rojas-Arenaza: Mathematics Department, University of Puerto Rico). Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) Conference (Omaha, Nebraska; May 20-23, 2010). “The Democratic Fragility Index: Assessing the Quality of Latin American Democratic Institutions.” Paper presented at the 68th Annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) National Conference (Chicago, Illinois; April 22-25, 2010). “21st Century Democracy in the ‘Two Mexicos’: Political Factionalism or Political Cohesion?” Paper presented at the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) (Toronto, Canada; September 3-6, 2009). “Rules or Rebellion? Lessons for Young and Unequal Democracies.” Paper presented at the 21st International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress (Santiago, Chile; July 12-16, 2009). “Challenges to Democratic Stability in Southern Mexico: Inequality, Electoral Exclusion and Active Political Factionalism.” Paper presented at the 28th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; June 11-14, 2009). “Sources of Political Cohesion in Northern Mexico: The Case of Nuevo León.” Paper presented at the 67th Annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) National Conference (Chicago, Illinois; April 2-5, 2009).


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Public presentations “El Ocaso de los Zetas.” Speaker at the Seminar on Violence and Peace (Seminario sobre Violencia y Paz), El Colegio de México (Mexico City; January 24, 2020). “¡Sálvese Quien Pueda! Violencia Generalizada y Desplazamiento Forzado en el Noreste de México.” Discussant of the book by Séverine Durin, CIESAS-Noreste (Monterrey, Nuevo León; January 23, 2020). “Life along the U.S.-Mexico Border in 2019.” Speaker at event organized by GMU’s Institute for Immigration Research, IIR (Fairfax, VA; December 3, 2019). “Geopolitics, Crime and Fragility in the Americas; Colombian-Venezuelan Relations at a Turning Point?” Participant in open panel discussion organized by School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-SCAR) and Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University (Arlington, VA; November 21, 2019). “The Central American Migrants’ Experiences through Transit Countries and Other Notes from the Field: Understanding International Migration on the Ground.” Speaker at the first session of “Workshop Series on International Migration and Refugee Flows in the Americas,” organized by the Organization of the American States (OAS) (Washington DC; November 20, 2019). “International Asylum Framework: 21st Century Hemispheric Challenges.” Participant in the panel organized by The Inter-American Bar Association D.C. Chapter and the American Society of International Law (Washington DC; November 19, 2019). “Organized Crime and Violent Extremism in Latin America.” Panel presenter at the “Washington Security and Defense” seminar; William J Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University (Washington, DC; November 7, 2019). “New Human Smuggling and Trafficking Networks: A Social Network Analysis in Times of Mass Migrations.” Speaker at the 12th Annual Homeland Defense and Security Education Summit (University Agency Partnership Program); organized by the Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey, California; November 1, 2019). “The Administration’s Fight against Corruption and Crime: A first Assessment.” Panel presenter at ‘The Mexico Business Summit's 17th edition’ (Cancún, Quintana Roo; October 20-22, 2019).


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“Global Migrations and Migration in the Americas.” Speaker, Mason Speakers Event at ‘The Woodlands’ Retirement Community (Fairfax, VA; October 15, 2019). “Along the US-Mexico Border.” Speaker at event organized by GMU’s Center for Security Policy Studies, CSPS (Arlington, VA; October 10, 2019). “La ‘Verdad’ sobre las Caravanas Migrantes: Un Análisis de Redes, Tráfico Humano y Contrainsurgencia en las Dos Fronteras de México.” Panel presenter at the Institute for Latin American Studies (LAI) Alumni Summer School, “Violence and Social Conflicts,” Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany; September 23-27, 2019). “Agenda de Investigación para la Comprensión de los Fenómenos Migratorios.” Panel presenter at the international forum: “El Reto de Converger: Jóvenes y Migración. Agendas de Investigación, Políticas y Participación,” organized by UNAM, et al. (Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua; September 18-20, 2019). Presenter: “Regional Media Overview Panel.” Exchange Program “A Digital Path to Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Latin America” organized by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) (Washington, DC; August 23, 2019). “The U.S.-Mexico Border”. Speaker at the Mexico Regional Intensive Seminar, U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service Institute (Washington, DC; August 20, 2019). “Human Trafficking in the Current Migration Context in Central America.” Panel presenter at the annual conference to celebrate the “World Day Against Trafficking in Persons,” organized by Mexico’s Ministry of the Interior (SEGOB), Undersecretariat of Human Rights, Population and Migration (Mexico City; August 2, 2019). “General Concepts and the Complexity of Migrant Realities.” Presenter at the “Workshop to Strengthen Access to Justice for Migrants in Mexico,” organized by International Organization for Migration (IOM) (Mexico City; July 24-25, 2019). “How to Report on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery.” Presenter at the workshop on “Reporting on Human Trafficking and Slavery for Mexican Journalists,” organized by Thomson Reuters Foundation (Mexico City; July 23, 2019). “Violence, Organized Crime, and Migration in Central America and Mexico.” Lecture. Resilient Communities against Transnational Gangs (RESCAT): Workshop for Law-Enforcement, Public Officials and Defense Professionals / K-12 Teacher Training Workshop (Miami, FL; April 18-19, 2019). “Immigration and Human Trafficking.” Public lecture for the “Combatting Transnational Threat Networks” course; William J Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University (Washington, DC; March 21, 2019).


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“The Myths of Central American Undocumented Immigration and MS-13 in the United States.” Presentation at the Border Myths Symposium: “Exploring the Myths and Realities of U.S. Immigration Policies;” organized by California Western School of Law’s Law Review and International Law Journal (San Diego, California; March 9, 2019). “The Spectacle of U.S.-Mexico Border Security.” Faculty Luncheon Series, Association of Public Policy PhD Students (APPS), Schar School of Policy and Government, GMU (Washington, DC; March 2, 2019). “Research Methods, Organized Crime and Social Media: A Case Study at the Border”. Presentation at the 2018-2019 speaker series “Critical Criminology: Feminist Approaches to Crime, Law, and Deviance;” sponsored by The Urban Ethnography Lab (UEL) at the University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas; January 31, 2019). “Conducting Ethnographic Research in Conflict Zones.” Workshop for the Urban Ethnography Lab (UEL) at the University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas; January 30, 2019). “Ethnographies of Transnational Criminal Corporations: Los Zeta's Case.” Lecture sponsored by Ethnographies of Empire Research Cluster, American University (Washington, DC; January 24, 2019). “The State of U.S.-Mexico Relations.” Guest speaker, Sigma Iota Rho (SIR), George Washington University (Washington, DC; January 24, 2019). “Los Zetas Inc.” Featured speaker at the First Regional Summit: “El Mercado de la Cocaína. Criminalidad Organizada en el Área Común de Inseguridad Atlántica,” organized by UNAM and the Mexican Center for Superior Naval Studies (Centro de Estudios Superiores Navales, CESNAV) (Mexico City; November 13-14, 2018). “Public Safety, Peace y Transitional Justice.” Panel presenter at the international conference: “La Transformación Histórica del Régimen Mexicano en un Contexto Global: Los Retos para el Nuevo Sexenio,” organized by Diálogos por la Democracia UNAM (Mexico City; November 7-9, 2018). “Gangs, Cartels, and Human Trafficking in Central America, Mexico and the United States.” Brown bag lecture, Polaris Project (Washington, DC; October 25, 2018). “The Real Relationship between the U.S. and Mexico,” conversation with Andrew Seele, President, Migration Policy Institute (MPI). Fall for the Book Festival, George Mason University (Washington, DC; October 11, 2018).


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“Human Trafficking in the United States.” Lecture, Defense Intelligence Agency’s International Intelligence Fellows Program (IIFP) on “Intelligence Support to Transnational Threats” (DIA, Washington, DC; September 19, 2018). “Public Policies for Addiction Prevention and Citizen Security.” Panel presenter at the National Meeting of CONACYT’s Thematic Network on Addiction Prevention and Citizen Security (Monterrey, Nuevo León; September 6-7, 2018). Panelist. Book Launch Homelands: Four Friends, Two Countries and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration (by Alfredo Corchado). Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington, DC; September 4, 2018). “Alternative Perspectives to Understand Militarization and Organized Crime in Latin America.” Institute for Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany; June 19, 2018). “Human Smuggling, Trafficking of Migrants and Organized Crime in Mexico: A Dangerous Journey to the United States.” Public lecture for the “Combatting Transnational Organized Crime” course; William J Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University (Washington, DC; May 17, 2018). “People on the Move: Immigration and Human Trafficking within and through Latin America.” Southern Command Seminar (Miami, Florida; May 2, 2018). “¿Guerra o Paz?: Drogas, Migración y Crimen Organizado.” Panel presenter at the international conference: “Democracia y Autoritarismo en México y el Mundo, de Cara a las Elecciones de 2018,” conference organized by Diálogos por la Democracia UNAM (Mexico City; February 14-16, 2018). Book signing and presentation of Los Zetas Inc. (discussants: Eric Olson, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Steven Dudley, and Nick Miroff). Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington, DC; February 13, 2018). “Transnational Organized Crime in Mexico and Central America: Corruption, Migration and Drugs.” Participant in the closing panel of the Master’s Program in Hemispheric Security - Mexico’s Federal Police (Mexico City; December 4, 2017). “The Challenges of Crossing Borders: Derechos Humanos y Aspectos Humanitarios de la Transmigración.” Panel presenter at the international conference: “The Americas in Movement, Coping with Migration,” organized by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (Mexico City; December 1, 2017).


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Participation in the event “Security in Mexico” (with Genaro Garcia Luna, Mexico’s former Secretary of Public Security, and Tony Payan). Baker Institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico, Rice University (Houston, Texas; November 20, 2017). Book signing and presentation of Los Zetas Inc. Participant in the panel “Inside the Cartels: Organized Crime across the Border” (with Hipólito Acosta, Melissa del Bosque, and Ricardo C. Ainslie); C-Span2/Book TV Tent, Texas Book Festival (Austin, Texas; November 4, 2017). “Law Enforcement Security Cooperation on the U.S.-Mexico Border” (co-authored with Alan Bersin). Author Workshop – Binational Institutional Development on the U.S.-Mexico Border; Baker Institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico, Rice University (Houston, Texas; October 26, 2017). “Perpetual Resistance and Violence in Latin America.” Official Launch Hemisphere 2017. Participant in the panel discussion (Washington, DC; September 21, 2017). “Central American Migration Push/Pull Factors: What Changes May be Underway? What are their Implications?” Participant in Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Roundtable (Washington, DC; September 19, 2017). “Trata de Personas, Crimen Organizado y Migración en los Principales Destinos Turísticos de la Península de Yucatán. El Caso de Cancún y Zonas Aledañas de Gran Turismo, México.” Featured speaker at the International Congress on “Fighting Trafficking in Persons and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Boys, Girls and Teenagers related to Travel and Tourism,” organized by the General Directorate of Migration and Foreign Affairs and the Costa Rican Tourism Board (San José, Costa Rica; September 12-14, 2017). Participant in the panel “Structure of Cartels and Gangs and their Impact on Commerce.” Southeast Analysts Roundtable (SEAR) Summer Meeting (Houston, Texas; July 19, 2017). “Human Trafficking in the Americas: The Cases of Mexico and Central America.” Public lecture at the course on Western Hemisphere Intensive Regional Studies. Foreign Service Institute (Washington, DC; April 20, 2017). Speaker in the panel “Corruption and Security in Latin America.” OMNIA’s “II Summit for Latin-American Public Policy Students” (Georgetown University and Organization of American States, Washington, DC; April 1, 2017). Speaker in the panel on “Drivers and Causes of Forced Migration and Immigration.” Emerging Global Issues Forum on “Forced Migration, Immigration, and Security,” organized by the Global Studies Institute and Georgia State University (Atlanta, Georgia; March 30, 2017).


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Speaker in the panel on “Human Trafficking.” 2017 Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) Leadership Conference and HIPGiver Gala (San Francisco, California; March 23, 2017). “Transnational Organized Crime in Mexico and Central America.” Speaker in the panel: “Crime, Corruption and Citizen Security.” Western Hemisphere Leadership Seminar for Mid-Level Officers, Foreign Service Institute (Washington, DC; March 21, 2017). “Trafficking in Persons in Central America and Along Mexico's Eastern Migration Routes: The Role of Transnational Criminal Organizations.” Presentation of report and participant in the panel: “Migration, Trafficking, and Organized Crime in Central America, Mexico, and the United States,” organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington, DC; March 1, 2017). Commentator and participant in the U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI) Policy Forum: “Asia and the World as Seen by Border Studies: Implications for U.S.-Japan Relations” (Washington, DC; February 28, 2017). “Mexico’s Current Situation and Recent Developments.” Featured speaker at the conference: “Drug Trafficking in Latin America: A Case Study on Colombia and Mexico. Lessons, Successes, and Challenges Ahead,” organized at Georgetown University (Washington, DC; February 10, 2017). “Crime and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean: Prevention and Migration.” Participation in the panel to comment a study by the World Bank entitled “Stop the Violence in Latin America: A Look at Prevention from Cradle to Adulthood,” organized by the World Bank and the Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington, DC; February 7, 2017). “The Current State of U.S. Mexico Security Cooperation and Future Prospects: The Case of Tamaulipas.” Featured speaker at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute annual conference: “The State of Security in Mexico: Why are Homicides Increasing? How to Reduce the Violence” (Washington, DC; February 3, 2017). “Security and the Energy Sector in the Tamaulipas-Texas Border: Real Winners and Losers of a so-called ‘War on Drugs’.” Featured speaker at the International Congress on Border Studies (Brownsville, Texas; October 19, 2016). “Trafficking in Persons in Central America and Along Mexico's Eastern Migration Routes: The Role of Transnational Criminal Organizations.” Presentation of (JTIP Grant) findings at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Policy (Washington, DC; October 18, 2016). “Trafficking in Persons in Central America and Along Mexico's Eastern Migration Routes: The Role of Transnational Criminal Organizations.” Presentation of (JTIP Grant) findings at the U.S. Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (Washington, DC; August 23, 2016).


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“Life on the Border: Rhetoric or Reality?” Special guest; Texas Tribune conversation in the framework of the project “Bordering on Insecurity” (The Centennial Club; McAllen, Texas; August 4, 2016). “Energía y Seguridad en México: Siguiendo la Ruta del Dinero.” Presentation at the Research Center on North America (CISAN) - UNAM (Mexico City; April 1, 2016). “Seguridad, Migración Irregular y Trata de Personas: La Ruta desde Centroamérica hacia Norteamérica.” Presentation at the Research Center on North America (CISAN) - UNAM (Mexico City; March 2, 2016). “Trata, Tráfico de Migrantes y Delincuencia Organizada: Peligros en la Ruta Migratoria del Golfo de México.” Featured speaker at the Workshop on Human Trafficking organized by the National Institute of Immigration (INM) (Morelia, Mexico; September 21, 2015). “Energy Reform and Property Rights in Mexico. Three Key Areas: Land Ownership, Water and Infrastructure.” Featured speaker at the Pre-Summit Workshop “Doing Business in Mexico: A Guide for International Companies.” Mexican Energy Opportunities Summit: Oil, Gas and Power (Mexico City; April 28-30, 2015). “Dinámicas de la Delincuencia Organizada en la Frontera Noreste.” Speaker at the discussion on Contemporary Themes on Security organized by CASEDE (Mexico City, April 29, 2015). “Border Policy Trends in North America.” Participation in roundtable at the 57th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Portland, Oregon; April 8-11, 2015). “Security, the Rule of Law, and Energy Reform in Mexico” (co-authored with Dr. Tony Payan). Presenter at the Author's Workshop: The Rule of Law and Mexico's Energy Reform (Mexico City; March 13, 2015). “Energy, Organized Crime, and Violence in Mexico (2006-2014).” Speaker at the 2015 Harvard College Initiative for Latin American Relations (HILAR) Conference (Querétaro, Querétaro; March 14, 2015). “Immigration: The Next Five Years.” Panel presenter at the 2015 Texas Tribune’s Conversation Series (Brownsville, Texas; February 27, 2015). Book presentation of A War that Can’t Be Won: Binational Perspectives on the War on Drugs. Panel presenter at the Research Center on North America (CISAN) – UNAM (Mexico City; March 3, 2014).


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“Participación ciudadana y seguridad en la Frontera Norte de México: Balance de las Experiencias.” Presenter at COLEF’S strategic event: “Seguridad Pública: Los Límites y Alcances de la Participación Social en la Frontera Norte” (Monterrey, Nuevo León; December 5, 2013). “Social Media and Citizen Journalism in ‘Drug War’ Times: Informal Media as Freedom of Press in Northeastern Mexico.” Presenter at the workshop “Constructing Insecurities: Perceptions of Deviance and Informality in Latin America,” Institute for Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany; July 12, 2013). “Life on the Line: Tweeting the Drug War.” Panel presenter at SXSW-Interactive (Austin, Texas; March 9, 2013). “National Security and Drug Trafficking.” Panel presenter at CASEDE’s seminar: “A Debate on Mexico’s Security and Defense 2012,” Casa COLEF (Mexico City; November 16, 2012). “Fronteras Seguras.” Featured speaker at the conference: “The Future of Regional Security: U.S., Mexico and Central America. Assessment and the Future of CARSI and the Merida Initiative,” El Colegio de México (Mexico City; November 15, 2012). “The ‘Forgotten’ Border.” Featured speaker at the Bridging Cultures Conference “Assessing the Cultural Heritage of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Borderland,” University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio, Texas; November 9, 2012). “Enrique Peña Nieto, Paramilitarism in Mexico and the Future of the Merida Initiative.” Panel presenter at the Second Global Security Summit organized jointly by the Greater Austin Crime Commission and the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security. Panel: “Implications of Mexican Elections for Combating Narcotics Trafficking in North America and U.S.-Mexico Relations,” Bass Lecture Hall, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas; November 8, 2012). “Drogas, Violencia y Tráfico de Personas en las Dos Fronteras de México: Diagnóstico y Recomendaciones de Política y Cooperación Regional.” Panel presenter at the third meeting of the project “Los Procesos Migratorios en México y Centroamérica: Diagnóstico y Propuestas Regionales,” Mexican Embassy in Guatemala (Guatemala City; October 1, 2012). “Crimen Organizado y Migración Indocumentada en Tamaulipas: El Cruce hacia Estados Unidos por la ‘Frontera Olvidada’.” Panel presenter at the Permanent Seminar on International Migration, organized by El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF), Instituto Mora, CIESAS; COLMICH, COLMEX, and FLACSO (Mexico City; June 1st, 2012). “Governance in Dark Times: Implications for Border Security.” Participation in roundtable at the 25th Annual Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) Conference (South Padre Island, Texas; May 20-23, 2012).


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“The Current Dilemmas of ‘Illegal’ Immigration in Mexico and the U.S: Poverty, Drugs, and Policy.” Featured speaker at the Sixth Annual Conference on Human Trafficking, South Texas College (McAllen, Texas; April 16-18, 2012). “La Frontera Tamaulipeca, el Tráfico de Personas y la Nueva Configuración del Crimen Organizado en México.” Panel presenter at the conference: “Problemática Fronteriza y Migración,” organized by the Mexican Center for Superior Naval Studies (Centro de Estudios Superiores Navales, CESNAV) (Mexico City; November 9, 2011). “La Frontera ‘Olvidada’. El Caso Tamaulipas: Clave para Entender la Nueva Configuración del Crimen Organizado en México.” Featured speaker at the International Seminar on Mexico: National Security, Civil-Military Relations, Democracy and the Fight against Organized Crime (Mexico City; October 18-20, 2010).

OTHER (ACADEMIC) ACTIVITIES Member of the External Review Panel to select Woodrow Wilson Center Residential Fellows 2020-2021 (Washington, DC; January 24, 2020). Co-editor of the International Studies Perspectives (ISP) journal (from January 1, 2020). Member of the Executive Council of the Western Social Science Association (WSSA); 2019-2022. Participant, Institute for Latin American Studies (LAI) Alumni Summer School, “Violence and Social Conflicts,” Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany; September 23-27). Conference program committee member, Homeland Security Conference: On the Border by the Sea, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; (Brownsville, Texas; May 23-24, 2019). Study-Abroad Program: Mexico (Mexico City; Cuernavaca, Morelos; Taxco, Guerrero; March 11-16, 2019). Co-Organizer, Migration, Homeland Security, and Gangs Conference (George Mason University; Fairfax, Virginia; October 24, 2018). President of the Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS); 2017-2018. Affiliated faculty at the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), George Mason University (Spring 2018-present).


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Affiliated faculty at the Institute for Immigration Research (IIR), George Mason University (Spring 2018-present). Affiliated faculty at the Center for Security Policy Studies, George Mason University (Fall 2017-present). Member of the Faculty Advisory Committee of the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security at George Mason University (Fall 2017-present). Member of the Scientific Committee of the 16th Border Regions in Transition (BRIT) Conference (Nigeria-Benin Republic; October 15-18, 2018). Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 3rd Brazilian Congress of Political Geography, Geopolitics and Territorial Management, CONGEO (Universidade Federal Fluminense Niterói, Río de Janeiro; September 10-14, 2018). Member of the Scientific Committee of the Second Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS) World Conference (Vienna, Austria-Budapest, Hungary; July 10-14, 2018). Member of the External Review Panel to select Woodrow Wilson Center Residential Fellows 2018-2019 (Washington, DC; January 26, 2018). Member of CONACYT’s Thematic Network on Addiction Prevention and Citizen Security (April 2018 to date). Chair of the 59th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS): “Bridges or Walls? The Case for Open Borders in the XXI Century” (San Francisco, California; April 12-15, 2017). Vice-President of the Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS) 2016-2017. Second Vice-President of the Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS) 2015-2016. Member of the Woodrow Wilson Center-COMEXI Commission on Building a Secure and Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border. Chair of the conference: “The Texas-Mexico Border in Comparative North American Context” (UT-Brownsville; Brownsville, Texas; May 7-8, 2015). Co-chair of the conference: “Desperate Journeys: From Forced Migration to Servitude.” Co-organized by South Texas College, UT-Brownsville, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, and Fuerza del Valle (South Texas College; McAllen, Texas; March 25-26, 2015).


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Member of the Executive Board of the Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS); 2011-2014. Co-chair of the conference: “Migrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking in Drug War Times: A Dangerous Journey to the United States.” Co-organized by UT-Brownsville and South Texas College; Brownsville and McAllen, Texas; April 9-11, 2013. Member of the Technical Committee of evaluation of the 2013 “Awards for U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Cooperation and Innovation.” Member of the Regional Research Network in Public Safety and Social Development (Red Regional de Investigación en Seguridad Pública y Desarrollo Social, REDSPDS) (November 2012 to date). Reviewer for the journals: American Political Science Review (Cambridge Journals), Journal of Public Policy (Cambridge Journals), Latin American Politics and Society (Wiley), Politics & Policy (Wiley), Journal of Borderlands Studies (Routledge), International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior (PrAcademics Press), Norteamérica (CISAN-UNAM), Frontera Norte (El Colegio de la Frontera Norte), Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos (El Colegio de México), Trayectorias (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León), Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores). Member of the editorial board of CienciaUAT journal (Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas). “Permanent Reviewer” of Nóesis (Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez). Advisor and frequent collaborator in newspaper Diario 19.com – Periodismo de Investigación. Co-coordinator of UTB Faculty Research Symposium (UT-Brownsville; Brownsville, Texas; September 2010-December 2011). Member of the “Central Group” (Grupo Central). Project “Los Procesos Migratorios en México y Centroamérica: Diagnóstico y Propuestas Regionales.” Participants: ITAM, Sin Fronteras, ECOSUR, IMUMI, CIESAS, FLACSO, INCEDES Guatemala, Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas” (El Salvador), et. al. Member of the researchers’ network of the Project “México Estatal: Calidad de Gobierno y Rendición de Cuentas en las Entidades Federativas” (CIDE and UNDP; Mexico City; October, 2009-December 2012).


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Member of the Program Committee and Site Committee for the 25th Annual Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) Conference. Organizer/Chair/Discussant of the Conference “Women in Mexican Politics” (UT-Brownsville; Brownsville, Texas; May 6, 2011). Program Scholar at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Training Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research (University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; July 21-August 15, 2003). Courses:

Regression Analysis II: Linear Models. Scaling and Dimensional Analysis.

OTHER (NON-ACADEMIC) ACTIVITIES “Frontera: Images from the U.S.-Mexico Border.” Photo exhibition at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (with Sergio Chapa), Reagan Building, 4th Floor, (Washington DC; November 4, 2019, March 31, 2020). Participated as expert witness in Immigration Court.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1. ETHOS Foundation; Mexico City2 Director of the Area of Political Analysis; August 2007-September 2008. 2. Ministry of Finance; Mexico City General Directorate of International Financial Affairs Advisor to the Director General of International Financial Affairs; 1998-1999. 3. Ministry of Agriculture; Mexico City General Directorate of Agricultural Sector Studies Chief of the Department of Economic Studies; 1997.

2 ETHOS Foundation is a Mexican think-tank dedicated to research, analysis, evaluation and design of public policies in the areas of poverty alleviation, social and economic sustainable development, and the consolidation of democracy in Latin America (www.ethos.org.mx).


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4. Organization of American States (OAS); Washington, DC Development Programs Department of the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development (IACD), and Unit for Social Development and Education (USDE) Junior Associate, Summer Program; June-August 2002.

MEMBERSHIPS Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS) American Political Science Association (APSA) Latin American Studies Association (LASA) International Studies Association (ISA) Colectivo de Análisis de la Seguridad con Democracia (CASEDE) Member of the Global Initiative Against Organized Crime (since 2017): The Global Initiative Network (http://globalinitiative.net/experts/guadalupe-correa-cabrera/)

MEDIA Columnist in Sin Embargo Newspaper (bi-weekly column) since August 2018. Quoted and cited frequently in national and international news media on the topics of Mexican politics, U.S-Mexico relations, U.S.-Mexico border relations, and particularly on drug trafficking issues and drug violence in Mexico. Among these media sources are: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Politico, Foreign Affairs, USA Today, Fox News, The Nation, NPR, The Economist, BBC World News, C-SPAN Washington Journal, El País (Spain), RT News (Russia), Telesur (Venezuela), NTN24 (Colombia), and many others.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES Spanish: native speaker English: fluent Portuguese: intermediate level

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