Fighting Organized Crime in Mexico: 2006-2012

Gerardo Reyes Guzmán; Ignacio Ibarra López; Ariel Alcantara Eguren

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Fighting Organized Crime in Mexico: 2006-2012

Gerardo Reyes Guzmán, Ignacio Ibarra López, Ariel Alcantara Eguren

Published in International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 5)

Received: 1 September 2015 Accepted: 22 September 2015 Published: 9 October 2015

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Abstract

According to the former president Felipe Calderon, the National Security Strategy, designed to overcome violence related with organized crime, made progress by the end of his Administration and improved security as a whole. This article sets two hypothesis based on Calderon’s statement: the more money invested in security, the lower the rate of homicides and the higher the rate of homicides the lower Economic prosperity. We proved these hypotheses by comparing the rate of homicides during President Calderon with those computed by former president Ernesto Zedillo and Vicente Fox. Our finding show that President Calderon invested in security a lot more than his predecessors, but could not reduce the rate of homicides. At the end of his presidency, the country became more violent but more prosperous as well.

Published in	International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijefm.20150305.19
Page(s)	473-482
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2015. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Federal Expenditure Budget, Security, Homicides, GDP per Head

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Gerardo Reyes Guzmán, Ignacio Ibarra López, Ariel Alcantara Eguren. (2015). Fighting Organized Crime in Mexico: 2006-2012. International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences, 3(5), 473-482. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijefm.20150305.19

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Gerardo Reyes Guzmán; Ignacio Ibarra López; Ariel Alcantara Eguren. Fighting Organized Crime in Mexico: 2006-2012. Int. J. Econ. Finance Manag. Sci. 2015, 3(5), 473-482. doi: 10.11648/j.ijefm.20150305.19

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Gerardo Reyes Guzmán, Ignacio Ibarra López, Ariel Alcantara Eguren. Fighting Organized Crime in Mexico: 2006-2012. Int J Econ Finance Manag Sci. 2015;3(5):473-482. doi: 10.11648/j.ijefm.20150305.19

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Gerardo Reyes Guzmán

Centro de Estudios de Desarrollo Regional, Colegio de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico
Ignacio Ibarra López

Centro de Estudios Políticosy Sociales, Colegio de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico
Ariel Alcantara Eguren

Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

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Gerardo Reyes Guzmán; Ignacio Ibarra López; Ariel Alcantara Eguren. Fighting Organized Crime in Mexico: 2006-2012. Int. J. Econ. Finance Manag. Sci. 2015, 3(5), 473-482. doi: 10.11648/j.ijefm.20150305.19

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