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Toro, Maria. "The United States and Mexico against Transnational Organized Crime: National Interests and Policy Convergence" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA, Mar 22, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p98193_index.html>

Toro, M. C. , 2006-03-22 "The United States and Mexico against Transnational Organized Crime: National Interests and Policy Convergence" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p98193_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This paper will analyze U.S. influence on Mexico?s redefinition of its national interests regarding drug trafficking. Tracing the process by which policy convergence has occurred, emphasis will be placed on the changing nature of sovereign prerogatives and capacities.In the mid?1980?s, Mexican policy against drug trafficking began a dramatic transformation. A relatively low?priority program, designed to maintain traffickers at bay and to constrain U.S. policing in Mexico, became by the mid?1990?s a national security imperative and a joint U.S.?Mexican program in practice. This paper will identify the process by which these changes occurred and their consequences for the creation of new law enforcement capacities. I identify two major changes in U.S. policy against drugs that led to a redefinition of Mexican programs: the U.S. interdiction program launched in the early 1980?s and the policy of extraterritorially expanding U.S. police authority as of 1986. These policies had a negative impact on the organization of the Mexican drug market and challenged Mexico?s sovereign control over law enforcement. Unable to unilaterally confront this two-fold threat, Mexico opted for a change that tried to accommodate the transnational activities of U.S. police and that included U.S. officials in the design and implementation of the new policy. Theoretically the paper will present an alternative explanation to liberal approaches that emphasize changes in the international market as the triggering mechanism for the harmonization of policies and neglect the importance of state preferences and instruments.

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