Professor Nicole Hemmer

So you have these traffickers who are the ones moving drugs and growing drugs. But the government was the one controlling the industry. Toward the end of the 20th century, toward the late 1990s, that's when the PRI is starting to lose influence. Kontrolle über Mexiko und das Einzelpartei-State, das die mexikanische Politik so lange nach der Revolution kontrollierte. That starts to crumble.

So you have these traffickers who are the ones moving drugs and growing drugs. But the government was the one controlling the industry. Toward the end of the 20th century, toward the late 1990s, that's when the PRI is starting to lose influence. Kontrolle über Mexiko und das Einzelpartei-State, das die mexikanische Politik so lange nach der Revolution kontrollierte. That starts to crumble.

And so you start to see more competition for the drug trade happening and people competing to decide who's going to control this extremely profitable industry. And so that's part of why you see the violence escalating in the later years of the 20th century is because the competition is increasing. Once you lose competition, This single controlling factor.

And so you start to see more competition for the drug trade happening and people competing to decide who's going to control this extremely profitable industry. And so that's part of why you see the violence escalating in the later years of the 20th century is because the competition is increasing. Once you lose competition, This single controlling factor.

And so you start to see more competition for the drug trade happening and people competing to decide who's going to control this extremely profitable industry. And so that's part of why you see the violence escalating in the later years of the 20th century is because the competition is increasing. Once you lose competition, This single controlling factor.

And so part of it's what's happening in the United States, right? You know, Nixon and Reagan declaring war on drugs. But a lot of it's also these changes that are happening in Mexico.

And so part of it's what's happening in the United States, right? You know, Nixon and Reagan declaring war on drugs. But a lot of it's also these changes that are happening in Mexico.

And so part of it's what's happening in the United States, right? You know, Nixon and Reagan declaring war on drugs. But a lot of it's also these changes that are happening in Mexico.

Yeah, the civil wars in Central America are happening at the same time that the drug industry is booming. And there's often connections, right, between, you know, the CIA and the DEA. And, you know, at the same time that some people are trying to fight drug trafficking, other people are using drug traffickers to smuggle weapons to counter revolutionary groups. And so the violence and the chaos...

Yeah, the civil wars in Central America are happening at the same time that the drug industry is booming. And there's often connections, right, between, you know, the CIA and the DEA. And, you know, at the same time that some people are trying to fight drug trafficking, other people are using drug traffickers to smuggle weapons to counter revolutionary groups. And so the violence and the chaos...

Yeah, the civil wars in Central America are happening at the same time that the drug industry is booming. And there's often connections, right, between, you know, the CIA and the DEA. And, you know, at the same time that some people are trying to fight drug trafficking, other people are using drug traffickers to smuggle weapons to counter revolutionary groups. And so the violence and the chaos...

In Central America especially drives this sudden migration flow north as people are trying to escape what's going on there. Their lives have been destroyed. So they try to find security in the United States.

In Central America especially drives this sudden migration flow north as people are trying to escape what's going on there. Their lives have been destroyed. So they try to find security in the United States.

In Central America especially drives this sudden migration flow north as people are trying to escape what's going on there. Their lives have been destroyed. So they try to find security in the United States.

I think it's going downhill real fast. I think this attitude of blaming the Mexicans for all our problems, of even saying that, okay, we're going to send the US Army into Mexico to fight drug trafficking, is completely disrespectful of Mexican sovereignty and has never worked before. We tried sending the US Army in to hunt down Pancho Villa and look how that worked out. It's ludicrous.

I think it's going downhill real fast. I think this attitude of blaming the Mexicans for all our problems, of even saying that, okay, we're going to send the US Army into Mexico to fight drug trafficking, is completely disrespectful of Mexican sovereignty and has never worked before. We tried sending the US Army in to hunt down Pancho Villa and look how that worked out. It's ludicrous.

I think it's going downhill real fast. I think this attitude of blaming the Mexicans for all our problems, of even saying that, okay, we're going to send the US Army into Mexico to fight drug trafficking, is completely disrespectful of Mexican sovereignty and has never worked before. We tried sending the US Army in to hunt down Pancho Villa and look how that worked out. It's ludicrous.

And so the attitude toward Mexico, the antagonism, Es ist völlig unproduktiv. Es wird nicht den Vereinigten Staaten helfen. Es isoliert uns. Es verursacht Probleme mit unseren nahesten Partnern. Die erfolgreichsten Partnerschaften, die wir mit Mexiko hatten, waren zum Beispiel während der guten Nachbarn-Jahre, als wir unter Roosevelt sie mit Respekt behandelt haben.

And so the attitude toward Mexico, the antagonism, Es ist völlig unproduktiv. Es wird nicht den Vereinigten Staaten helfen. Es isoliert uns. Es verursacht Probleme mit unseren nahesten Partnern. Die erfolgreichsten Partnerschaften, die wir mit Mexiko hatten, waren zum Beispiel während der guten Nachbarn-Jahre, als wir unter Roosevelt sie mit Respekt behandelt haben.

And so the attitude toward Mexico, the antagonism, Es ist völlig unproduktiv. Es wird nicht den Vereinigten Staaten helfen. Es isoliert uns. Es verursacht Probleme mit unseren nahesten Partnern. Die erfolgreichsten Partnerschaften, die wir mit Mexiko hatten, waren zum Beispiel während der guten Nachbarn-Jahre, als wir unter Roosevelt sie mit Respekt behandelt haben.