Between 2006 and 2021, the war on drugs left almost 300,000 dead and 100,000 missing in Mexico. Instead of presenting a romanticized account of drug trafficking and drug barons, Adèle Blazquez analyses the conditions of life in a rural municipality affected by armed violence.
In the backdrop of the “war” between drug cartels and violence escalation in Mexico, the gap between the police and society is widening. Historian Pablo Piccato analyses the historical and geopolitical factors underlying the strong distrust of the police in Mexico.
