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Topic:Security and the Rule of Law
Mexico and the United States share vital national security interests in making sure that the border is not used by terrorist organizations intent upon committing acts of large-scale violence. They also share a joint concern with the rise of transnational organized crime.
Criminal activity associated with drug trafficking poses an increasing threat to communities on both sides of the border. Mexico is the largest transshipment point for cocaine en route to the United States, and is the largest foreign supplier of methamphetamines, heroin, and marijuana. In turn, profits from drug sales in the United States pump roughly $15 to 25 billion in cash and weapons every year into Mexico. Violence from drug trafficking has claimed over 5,000 lives in Mexico since 2007, and it has gradually penetrated into the politics of some local governments. Meanwhile, the drug trade fuels crime in neighborhoods throughout the United States and has become particularly threatening to communities on the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Mexico Institute focuses on bilateral efforts between both countries to address the threat of organized crime and to build the long-term institutional capacity to enforce the rule of law. This includes law enforcement cooperation around the illegal trafficking of drugs, weapons, and cash; efforts to strengthen the judicial system and reform the police; and measures to reduce the consumption of narcotics in the United States.
Mexico Portal on Security and Rule of Law
.JPG) The Mexico Portal on Security and Rule of Law features news, commentary, and expert resources on U.S.-Mexico security cooperation in dealing with organized crime and building the institutions for rule of law.
Mérida Initiative
Policy briefs, reports, analysis, current news and information about the Mérida Initiative, a proposed $1.4 billion security cooperation package between the U.S. and Mexican governments, can be found here: Mérida Initiative.
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News
Combating Organized Crime in Mexico and Latin America
Organized crime in Mexico has caused an estimated 11,000 deaths between 2005 and 2008. To draw lessons on dealing with crime and drug trafficking from the experiences of other countries, the Latin American Program sponsored the conference, "International Efforts to Combat Organized Crime."
Washington Post-Woodrow Wilson Center Fellows Featured in Newspaper
The Washington Post features articles about Latin America by the five Washington Post-Woodrow Wilson Center Fellows. The program brings professional journalists from Latin America to Washington, D.C. for a two-week exchange of dialogue and professional development.
Mérida Initiative Portal
Information on the Mérida Initiative including reports, policy briefs, key headlines and analysis.
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Events
Police Reform in Mexico
Thursday, September 17 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Edgar Mohar, former Secretary of Citizen Security, Querétaro State Government, Mexico; Juan Salgado, Associate Professor, Center for Economic Research and Education (CIDE), Mexico City; Daniel Sabet, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University; Maureen Meyer, Associate for Mexico and Central America, WOLA
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Renewing the Partnership between the United States and Mexico: Shared Responsibility and Shared Strategies
Monday, June 08 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Arturo Sarukhan, Ambassador of Mexico; José Antonio Fernández, Chair and CEO, FEMSA; Roger Wallace, Vice President, Pioneer Natural Resources; Maria Echaveste, President, Nueva Vista and former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Clinton; Carlos Heredia, Researcher, CIDE and former Congressman; Jim Kolbe, Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates and former Congressman; Jim Jones, President, Manatt Jones and former Ambassador to Mexico; Andrés Rozental, President, Rozental y Asociados & former Deputy Foreign Minister; Javier Treviño, Vice President, Cemex and former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Philip Bennett, Senior Advisor, Washington Post Group and former Managing Editor, Washington Post; Roderic Ai Camp, McKenna Professor of the Pacific Rim, Claremont McKenna College; Luís de la Calle, Founding Partner of De la Calle, Madrazo, Mancera, S.C. (CMM); Rossana Fuentes-Berain, Vice President, Grupo Editorial Expansión; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Diana Negroponte, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Peter Smith, Simon Bolívar Professor of Latin American Studies, UCSD; Raúl Rodríguez Barocio, Chair, North American Center for Transborder Studies, Arizona State University and former Director, NADBank
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International Efforts to Combat Organized Crime
Friday, March 13 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Cynthia Arnson, Director, Latin American Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Luis Astorga, Researcher, Institute for Social Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Aldo Civico, Director, Center for International Conflict Resolution, Columbia University; Douglas Farah Senior Fellow, International Assessment and Strategy Center; Vanda Felbab-Brown, Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution; Eric Olson, Senior Adviser, Security Initiative, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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U.S. Policy Towards Mexico: Opportunities and Challenges
Tuesday, February 24 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
with Harriet C. Babbitt, Attorney, Jennings, Strouss and Salmon, and former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States; James Jones, Chairman, Manatt Jones Global Strategies, and former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Member of Congress; and Andrew Selee, Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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Report Launch of The United States and Mexico: Towards a Strategic Partnership
Friday, February 06 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow, president, Institute of the Americas, and former Assistant Secretary of State, and former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico; Governor Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, and former Governor of Michoacán, Mexico; Dr. Denise Dresser, professor, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and columnist, Reforma and Processo; Andres Martinez, Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program, New America Foundation and former Editorial Page Editor, The Los Angeles Times; Ginger Thompson, National Correspondent and former Mexico City Bureau Chief, The New York Times
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Mexico Institute
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: mexico@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4399
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