The Role of the DEA in the Emergence of the Field of Anti-narcotics Policing in Latin America

The Role of the DEA in the Emergence of the Field of Anti-narcotics Policing in Latin America

In this article, I examine the institutional responses that arose in Latin America around the issue of drug trafficking during the 1970s, in particular the emergence of anti-narcotics policing in that period. The central focus is on the manner in which the anti-narcotics agencies of the United State...

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Published in:Global governance Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 169 - 192
Main Author: Ricart, Carlos A. Pérez
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Brill | Nijhoff 01-04-2018
Lynne Rienner Publishers
Brill
Brill Academic Publishers, Inc
Subjects:
Analysis
Drug policy
Drug traffic
Drug trafficking
Enforcement
Government agencies
History
International relations
Law enforcement
Narcotics
Narcotics control
Networks
Police
Policing
Latin America
United States > US
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Summary:In this article, I examine the institutional responses that arose in Latin America around the issue of drug trafficking during the 1970s, in particular the emergence of anti-narcotics policing in that period. The central focus is on the manner in which the anti-narcotics agencies of the United States—especially the Drug Enforcement Administration—contributed to the structuring of the field of anti-narcotics policing in Latin America. Staring from a reexamination of various documentary and archival collections, I analyze the origins of the anti-narcotics police institutions in Latin America, along with the diffusion of the practices of institutional development undertaken by the DEA, such as the creation of police networks in the region.
ISSN:1075-2846
1942-6720
1075-2846
DOI:10.1163/19426720-02402002