Carlos Antonio Flores Pérez

Carlos Antonio Flores Pérez is associate professor in the Centre for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS), in Mexico, and author of The State in Crisis: Organized Crime and Politics (2009).

Inside Mexico’s maze of mirrors

Mexico’s government has led a five-year war against organized crime that has turned parts of the country into sites of atrocious violence, claimed more than 40,000 lives, and generated heated debate over its priorities and preferences. With elections on the horizon, has the time come to correct th

By Carlos Antonio Flores Pérez

/ 12 Oct 2011