Abstract

CORTES-CASTILLO, DARÍO ENRIQUE. ORGANIZED TRANSNATIONAL CRIME: MEXICAN DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS IN COLOMBIA. Novum Jus [online]. 2020, vol.14, n.2, pp.123-146.  Epub Aug 07, 2022. ISSN 1692-6013.  https://doi.org/10.14718/novumjus.2020.14.2.6.

After several years of relations between transnational criminal organizations in Colombia and Mexico, Mexican cartels decided to expand their activities into Colombian territory to expand their territories of influence and profit from the illicit business. The cartels also sought to take advantage of the existence of illegal armed organizations, drug trafficking cartels, and organized armed groups (hereinafter OAGs) that act in a vast territory where State presence is weak and in border areas where neighboring governments are prone to illicit business, which makes their intentions a priority objective. This article supports this hypothesis through qualitative research, the study of the convergence phenomenon, the timeline as a basis and working guide, and primary sources, including documents issued by the Contra Office. The article supports the classification of organized transnational crime and drug trafficking as a threat to humanity based on documents from the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC), internal documents of the FARC, declarations, and specialized studies. The article then uses a timeline to describe the relationship between Colombian and Mexican cartels and then uses the phenomenon of convergence to establish the transnational ties between Mexican drug trafficking cartels and Colombian insurgent, terrorist, and criminal organizations. Finally, the article closes by reflecting on the implications the relationship between insurgent movements, criminal organizations, and terrorists may have on regional security.

Keywords : crime; drug trafficking; convergence; OAG; transnational.

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