The Migration of Criminal Violence: From Lucky Luciano to Pablo Escobar to "El Chapo" Guzmán

Sergio Aguayo 

November 12, 2015 

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Event Description

Organized crime has accumulated an enormous capacity for inflicting violence. For nearly a century, mafias, cartels, and gangs have woven together a network that fosters all types of illegal activities. Professor Aguayo will present an overview of this process through the personalities of three key gangsters. He will also make an argument for a regional and comprehensive response.

Speaker

Sergio Aguayo is a Mexican scholar and political analyst. He is a full professor at the Center for International Studies, El Colegio de México and a Visiting Professor at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights (Harvard School of Public Health).

Read "Mexico: The Geopolitics of Organized Crime" by Helke Enkerlin-Madero in the Fall 2015 Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies.