Attacking illegality with more illegality

Autores/as

  • Jerjes Aguirre Ochoa Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
  • Hugo Amador Herrera Torres Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/rqi.2017.28625

Palabras clave:

Crime, México, Michoacán

Resumen

Mexico has experienced the worst crisis of violence in its contemporary history as a result of the war on organized crime (drug-trafficking) launched by the federal government in 2007. During this war, the federal government and its agencies responsible for ensuring public safety (army, police) have committed countless violations of the country’s institutions. This article applies a qualitative methodological approach to analyze the effects of the political and juridical intervention by Mexico’s federal government in the state of Michoacán in 2014. Our hypothesis is that the government attacked the crimes generated by the operations of organized delinquent groups by committing violations of the law itself; an attempt to resolve lawlessness with more lawlessness. The Mexican government’s lack of any clear commitment to the rule of law weakens the actions it implements to combat drug cartels, and contributes to perpetuating the corruption that is one of the main structural causes of criminal violence in the country.

Biografía del autor/a

Jerjes Aguirre Ochoa, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

El Doctor Jerjes Aguirre Ochoa es Investigador de Tiempo completo con especialidad en sociología del crimen. Tiene estudios de Doctorado en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) y el Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Ha publicado mas de 20 libros en revistas de arbitraje estricto, ademas de mas 10 libros. Han realizado diversos proyectos de investigación con financiamiento externo y diversas actividades de vinculación como asesorías a entidades gubernamentales y publicas. Es miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores desde 2003 y revisor editorial de diversas publicaciones internacionales.

Hugo Amador Herrera Torres, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

Profesor e Investigador de la Facultad de Economìa de la UMSNH.

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Publicado

2017-07-18

Cómo citar

Ochoa, J. A., & Herrera Torres, H. A. (2017). Attacking illegality with more illegality. REVISTA QUAESTIO IURIS, 10(3), 1760–1774. https://doi.org/10.12957/rqi.2017.28625

Número

Vol. 10 Núm. 3 (2017): REVISTA QUAESTIO IURIS - VOL. 10, N°03

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