BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs Program on Latin America a nd the Caribbean present The Mexican Violence Crisis: from Drug Traffickin g to Local Mafias \;A Talk by \;Eduardo\nGuerrero\, CEO and Foundi ng\nPartner at Lantia Consultores \;For\nover a decade Mexico has face d a daunting security challenge. Murders have\ngrown exponentially and cri minal organizations seem to have an ever growing\nability to extort rents from a variety of illegal activities throughout the\ncountry. Until 2018 t he Mexican Government followed a naive strategy. It gave\naway money to lo cal governments and established formal standards for their law\nenforcemen t institutions. However the corruption networks that allowed organized\ncr ime to operate in large swaths of the Mexican territory remained intact.\n Since 2019 Mexico’s left-leaning government is attempting a different appr oach.\nIn short\, it is trying to centralize law enforcement. Results so f ar are mixed. Eduardo studied Public\nAdministration at El Colegio de Méx ico and Political Science at the University\nof Delaware and the Universit y of Chicago\, where he received the Joseph\nCropsey Award. Eduardo has oc cupied top management positions at the National\nSecurity Commission (CNS) \, the Federal Election Institute (IFE)\, the Federal\nInstitute of Inform ation Transparency and Access (IFAI) and the Mexican\nSecretary of Social Development (SEDESOL). In 2008 he founded Lantia\nConsultores\, a leading company in the empirical investigation of public\nsecurity\, organized cri me and governance in Mexico. Eduardo regularly\ncollaborates in ​El Financ iero newspaper\, ​Nexos\n​magazine and the ​Foro TV ​program\n“La hora de opinar”\, and his work has been featured by the ​The New York Times\,​ ​Th e\nWall Street Journal ​and ​The\nEconomist\, among other media outlets. H is most recent research at ​Lantia\nConsultores ​focuses on the simultaneo us challenges of organized crime related\nviolence and social unrest throu ghout Mexico. \;Sponsored by Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Pr ogram on Latin America and the Caribbean (PLACA)\, International Relations Program\, and Department of History. Hosted By: Jay and Debe Moskowitz Ch air in\nMexico-US Relations \;Contact Havva Karakas-Keles for more inf ormation: hkarakas@syr.edu \; DTEND:20200326T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260511T075134Z DTSTART:20200326T200000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:CANCELED: The Crisis of Violence in Mexico: from Drug Trafficking t o Local Mafias UID:RFCALITEM639140682944213218 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

present

The Mexican Violence Crisis: from Drug Trafficking to Local Mafias \;< /strong>

A Talk by \;Eduardo\nGuerrero\, CEO and Founding\nPartn er at Lantia Consultores \;

For\nover a decade Mexico has faced a daunting security challenge. Murders have\ngrown exponentially and crimi nal organizations seem to have an ever growing\nability to extort rents fr om a variety of illegal activities throughout the\ncountry. Until 2018 the Mexican Government followed a naive strategy. It gave\naway money to loca l governments and established formal standards for their law\nenforcement institutions. However the corruption networks that allowed organized\ncrim e to operate in large swaths of the Mexican territory remained intact.\nSi nce 2019 Mexico’s left-leaning government is attempting a different approa ch.\nIn short\, it is trying to centralize law enforcement. Results so far are mixed.

Eduardo studied Public\nAdministration at El Colegio de México and Political Science at the University\nof Delaware and the Univ ersity of Chicago\, where he received the Joseph\nCropsey Award. Eduardo h as occupied top management positions at the National\nSecurity Commission (CNS)\, the Federal Election Institute (IFE)\, the Federal\nInstitute of I nformation Transparency and Access (IFAI) and the Mexican\nSecretary of So cial Development (SEDESOL). In 2008 he founded Lantia\nConsultores\, a lea ding company in the empirical investigation of public\nsecurity\, organize d crime and governance in Mexico. Eduardo regularly\ncollaborates in ​E l Financiero newspaper\, ​Nexos\n​magazine and the ​Foro TV< /i> ​program\n“La hora de opinar”\, and his work has been featured by the ​The New York Times\,​ ​The\nWall Street Journal ​and ​Th e\nEconomist\, among other media outlets. His most recent research at ​Lantia\nConsultores ​focuses on the simultaneous challenges of organized crime related\nviolence and social unrest throughout Mexico. \;

Sponsored by Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Program on Latin Ameri ca and the Caribbean (PLACA)\, International Relations Program\, and Depar tment of History.

Hosted By: Jay and Debe Moskowitz Chair i n\nMexico-US Relations \;

Contact Havva Karakas-Keles f or more information: hkarakas@syr.edu \;

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