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Drug War Capitalism

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by Dawn Paley


  Index

  “Passim” (literally “scattered”) indicates intermittent discussion of a topic over a cluster of pages.

  A

  Abarca, Mariano, 158

  Abt Associates, 92, 244n43

  Acapulco, Mexico, 125, 163

  ACC. See Autodefensas Campesinas del Casanare (ACC)

  Achi people, 170, 171

  aerial spraying (drug interdiction). See crop eradication (drug interdiction)

  aerospace industry, 94, 106

  Afghanistan, 38, 63, 92, 98, 128, 186

  African Americans, 41

  African palm tree, 65, 66, 175, 220

  Afro-Colombians, 62, 66–71 passim

  agriculture. See farmers and farming

  Agua Azul, Colombia, 54

  Ahuas, Honduras, 185, 212, 213

  AirScan, Inc., 12–13

  alcohol, 43–45 passim, 144. See also Prohibition (1920–33)

  Alexander, Michelle, 41

  Alliance for Progress, 196

  Almendarez, Juan, 198, 204

  Alvarado, Leobardo, 122–23

  Álvarez, Oscar, 211–12

  Álvarez, Rudel Mauricio, 182–83

  amphetamines, 46. See also methamphetamines

  Amnesty International, 133

  Andres, Peter, 45

  Anglo American, 65, 67

  Anglo Gold Ashanti, 68, 69

  anticommunism, 170–71

  anti-Semitism, 203

  Aportela Rodríguez, Fernando, 97

  Arabs in Honduras, 203

  Arauca, Colombia, 11–14, 58, 78, 221

  Árbenz Guzmán, Jacobo, 169, 186

  Árevalo, Juan José, 169, 170

  Argentina, 103, 258n17

  Ariza Aguilar, Jhon Carlos, 221

  arraigo, 105

  Asociación Hondureño Maquiladores. See Honduran Association of Manufacturers (AHM)

  Asociación Nacional de Industriales de Honduras. See National Industrial Association (ANDI) (Honduras)

  assassinations and assassination attempts: Colombia, 54, 58–68 passim; Guatemala, 170; Honduras, 209, 216; Mexico, 113, 114, 122, 143, 145, 153–58 passim. See also “false positive” assassinations,

  Atala, Camilo, 202

  Atala family, 203

  atrocities, 65–66, 70, 165

  Australia, 24, 40, 67, 90

  Autodefensas Campesinas del Casanare (ACC), 54

  Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC), 55, 61, 65–67 passim, 70, 79

  automobile industry, 23, 94, 103

  avocadoes, 164–65, 166

  B

  “Bacrim” (label), 55, 78–79, 168

  Baja California, Mexico, 26, 147

  Bámaca, Efraín, 173, 259n30

  Banacol, 67

  banana industry, 65, 67, 169, 181, 195

  banks and banking, 95, 96, 106–7, 183, 196, 199. See also World Bank

  Barnes, Earnest, 188

  Barrera, Abel, 135–36

  Barry, Tom: Zapata’s Revenge, 22

  Bartholow, Lydia Anne, 39–40

  Barzón movement, 155

  Ba Tiul, Kajkok Maximo, 173–74, 190, 191–92

  Bayer, 45–46

  Belize, 37, 129

  Beltran Leyva, Arturo, 139, 253n1

  Benito Júarez, Mexico, 155–58

  Berdal, Mats, 16

  Berganza, Byron, 189

  berry industry, 164

  Beyond the Horizon (military exercises), 188

  BHP Billiton, 65, 67, 68

  Binns, Jack R., 198

  black Americans. See African Americans

  blackberries, 164

  black Colombians. See Afro-Colombians

  Blackfire, 158

  Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH), 213

  blockades (direct action), 133–34, 159, 166, 177, 214

  Boggs Act, 39

  Bolivia, 21, 27, 28

  bombings, 11–15 passim, 21, 165

  Bonilla Valladares, Juan Carlos, 205

  border control, 18, 32, 40, 128–29. See also US Customs and Border Protection; US Department of Homeland Security

  Border Patrol Nation (Miller), 127

  borders, Mexican. See Guatemala-Mexico border; US-Mexico border

  Bowden, Charles, 114

  BP, 54, 62–63, 64, 65

  Britain. See Great Britain

  Brownfield, William, 32, 87–88, 189

  Buenaventura, Colombia, 69–71

  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). See US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)

  Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, 48, 125

  Burgess, Luke, 75

  Burgos Basin, Mexico, 152–53

  Burma, 38

  Bush, George H. W., 41

  Bush, George W., 30, 57

  businesses, multinational and transnational. See multinational and transnational corporations

  businesses, small. See small business

  Buxton, Julia: The Political Economy of Narcotics, 40

  C

  Caballeros Templarios. See Knights Templar (Mexican gang)

  Cáceres, Berta, 194, 212, 214

  CACM. See Central American Common Market (CACM)

  caffeine, 43–44

  Calderón, Felipe, 3, 25, 31, 37, 90, 106, 114, 129; Chihuahua violence and, 110–11; detention policy, 105; energy reform, 99; labor legislation, 93; security policy, 118; Sicilia view, 139–40; US relations, 30

  Cali, Colombia, 60, 71

  Callejas, Rafael, 199, 200

  Campbell, Howard, 34–35

  Canada, 71, 78, 90, 116, 185, 204, 233n72; mining industry, 101, 135, 154–58 passim, 175; oil industry, 77, 181, 183

  Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, 59, 74, 79–80

  Canada-US-Mexico Free Trade Agreement. See North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

  Canadian Energy Research Institute, 78

  Canahuati, Jorge, 202

  Canahuati family, 203

  Canizales, Leopoldo, 162

  cannabis. See marijuana

  Carbocol, 67

  Cardenas, Lazaro, 99

  Cardenas Guillen, Osiel, 144–45

  Cardona, Julián, 123–24, 141

  Carías Andino, Tiburcio, 196

  Caribbean area, 50

  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), 199

  Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI), 199

  Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), 37, 87, 234n75

  Carrasco, Claudio, 137

  CARSI. See Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI)

  “cartel” (word), 17

  Casals & Associates, 92

  Casanare, Colombia, 53–55 passim

  Castañeda, Palacio, 61

  Castaño, Carlos, 55, 66

  Castillo Armas, Carlos, 186, 257n2

  Castrejón Rivas, Oscar, 103

  Castro, Xiomara, 206, 207

  Catholic Church, 203, 257n2

  CBERA. See Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA)

  CBI. See Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI)

  CBSI. See Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI)

  Central American Common Market (CACM), 196

  Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI), 4, 6, 15, 30, 37, 87; Guatemala 187–89 passim; Honduras, 194, 217

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 57, 117, 119, 120, 169–70, 187, 188

  Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo, A.C. (CIDAC), 91

  Cerro Matoso, 68

  CFE. See Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) (Mexico)

  Chapo. See Guzman, Joaquin “El Chapo”

  Chávez, Hugo, 100, 101, 201, 213

  Chavira Martínez, Francisco, 17, 83–84, 222

  Chéran, Mexico, 166

  Chesapeake Gold Corporation, 135

  Chiapas, Mexico, 94, 147, 148–49, 158

  Chihuahua (state), Mexico, 101, 103, 109–14 passim, 143, 147, 153–58; homicides, 1
22; mining, 132–34, 154–58; oil deposits, 153. See also Ciudad Juárez

  Chihuahua City, 111, 143

  children, 11, 13–14, 63, 159, 171, 172, 178, 222

  Chile, 71, 90, 95, 103, 185, 205

  China, 40, 45, 95, 98, 160, 162

  Chiquita Brands, 65, 66–67

  Chollett, Donna, 164

  CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

  CIDAC. See Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo, A.C.

  “Cinco de Mayo” mining project, 156–58 passim

  Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, 111–14 passim, 121–27 passim, 130, 141, 146, 154, 222

  Ciudad Mier, Mexico, 152

  Claspell, Bill, 125

  Clinton, Hillary, 30–31, 85, 194

  clothing industry. See garment industry

  Coahuila, Mexico, 147, 153, 160

  coal, 65, 67–68, 160

  coca, 28, 38, 44–48 passim, 53, 54, 57, 62, 68

  cocaine, 27–29 passim, 38, 42, 50, 62, 76; Colombia, 53–57 passim, 61, 62, 67, 70, 183; crack, 42; distribution of profits, 88, 106; early history, 45, 46; Florida, 50; Guatemala, 179, 183; marijuana ranked with, 39; Mexico, 144; systems of protection, 29

  coffee, 44, 171, 181

  COHEP. See Honduran National Business Council (COHEP)

  Collier, Paul, 88

  Colom, Álvaro, 177, 179, 182, 191

  Colombia, 11–15, 19–21 passim, 28, 50, 51, 189, 191, 221; army, 53, 56–66 passim, 70, 73, 75; coca, 28, 38, 47–48; Congress, 59; food crisis, 58; foreign debt, 73; guerrillas, 54, 55, 57, 147; Honduran arms in, 210; marijuana, 47; military bases, 27; mirrored in Guatemala, 173; mirrored in Mexico, 3, 140, 147, 153, 168; money laundering and, 107; oil industry, 8, 12, 48, 54–57 passim, 61–64 passim, 73–78 passim, 99; Posse Comitatus Act and, 43; rich people, 73; training of Guatemalans and Hondurans, 185, 189, 205, 215; training of Mexican police, 116, 118; US aid to, 15, 56–57, 58, 62, 76, 87, 89, 140. See also Constitution of Colombia; Plan Colombia

  Colombia-US Action Plan on Regional Security Cooperation. See US-Colombia Action Plan on Regional Security Cooperation

  Colombia-US free trade agreement. See US-Colombia free trade agreement

  colonialism, 44, 169, 220

  Colorado, training of Mexico prison guards in, 125–26

  Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) (Mexico), 22, 101, 160

  community policing, 137

  Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act, 39

  compulsory military service. See military service, mandatory

  El Concord (gangster), 145

  Conjunto Chihuahua. See Operation Conjunto Chihuahua

  Constitution of Colombia, 60, 78

  Constitution of Honduras, 200–203 passim, 206

  Constitution of Mexico, 8, 22, 94, 97–100 passim, 104, 105, 134, 185

  construction projects, resistance to. See resistance to construction projects

  contamination of land, 153–54

  Coordinadora Regional de Autoridades Comunitarias. See Regional Coordinator of Community Authorities (CRAC) (Guerrero, Mexico)

  COPINH. See Council of Indigenous and Popular Organizations of Honduras (COPINH)

  corn, 48–49, 183

  corporations, multinational and transnational. See multinational and transnational corporations

  Correa, Rafael, 115

  Correa Cabrera, Guadalupe, 142–45 passim

  corruption, 28–29, 100–101, 106–7, 116–24 passim, 248n106

  Cortes Moreno, Guillermo, 150

  Costa, Antonio Maria, 107

  Costa Rica, 37, 202

  cotton, 24, 155, 171

  Council of Indigenous and Popular Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), 194

  counterinsurgency, 85, 104, 115, 127, 147, 197

  coups, 169–70, 194, 198, 201–4 passim, 213, 214; forecast, 101

  Courtwright, David: Forces of Habit, 43–44

  coyote system, 148

  CRAC. See Regional Coordinator of Community Authorities (CRAC) (Guerrero, Mexico)

  CREOMPAZ, 171, 172

  “criminal bands” (label). See “Bacrim” (label)

  criminal justice reform, Mexican, 102–5

  crop eradication (drug interdiction), 41, 42, 47, 56–58 passim, 70, 76, 77

  Cruz Hernández, Isabel, 96–97

  Cuatro Balam mega-project, 179, 183

  Cuba, 119, 187

  Cuc Choc, Maria Magdalena, 175–76

  Customs and Border Protection, US. See US Customs and Border Protection

  D

  dams, 136, 171, 183, 214. See also hydroelectric projects

  DEA. See US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

  death penalty for marijuana, 39

  death squads, 60, 140, 187, 198, 205, 209, 215

  death threats, 63, 156

  debt, foreign. See foreign debt

  decriminalization of marijuana and narcotics, 42

  Defense Department, US. See US Department of Defense

  Delano, Warren, II, 45

  De Jesús Pop Ac, Amilcar. See Pop Ac, Amilcar de Jesús

  De la Rosa, Gustavo, 114

  Del Bosque, Melissa, 162

  Delgado Ramos, Gian Carlo, 38, 141–42

  Del Monte, 65

  Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) (Mexico), 83–84, 131, 245n50

  demonstrations. See protests

  Denny, Charlie, 12

  deportation, 127, 210

  detention, “arraigo.” See arraigo

  dictators and dictatorship, 41, 172, 186, 187, 196

  Dirección Federal de Seguridad. See Federal Security Directorate (DFS) (Mexico)

  disappeared people: Colombia, 54, 58, 63; Guatemala, 171, 172, 187; Honduras, 198, 204; Mexico, 26, 34, 36, 109–14 passim, 161

  displaced people. See internally displaced people (IDPs)

  Dole, 65

  Dominican Republic, 172, 189, 234n75

  Doyle, Kate, 40

  drug addiction, myth of, 42

  drug decriminalization. See decriminalization of marijuana and narcotics

  Drug Enforcement Administration. See US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

  Drug Lord (Poppa), 119

  drug prohibition. See prohibition of drugs

  drug sales statistics, 88–89

  drug use statistics, 41–42

  “drug war” (term), 29–30, 39, 43

  Drug War Mexico (Watt and Zepeda), 47

  Drummond Company, 64, 65

  Duarte, Javier, 150

  Dudley, Steven, 124

  Dulles, Allen, 257n2

  Dulles, John Foster, 257n2

  Dunagan, Sean, 49

  Durango (state), Mexico, 101, 134–35

  Durón Raudales, Ángel Francisco, 206

  DynCorp, 92

  E

  Ecopetrol, 8, 57, 73–77 passim

  Ecuador, 27, 78, 115

  education reform, Mexican, 94, 95

  Eisenhower, Dwight, 257n2

  Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) (Colombia), 54

  ejidos, 96, 97, 133, 155–59 passim, 223

  Elbit Systems Ltd., 127

  election fraud, 3, 22, 25, 204, 207

  electricity, 22, 101, 160, 208. See also hydroelectric projects

  El Paso, Texas, 127, 128

  El Salvador, 4, 88, 116, 172, 188–89, 198, 200; CARSI, 37; emigrants, 149; gang membership in, 210; Sarah England on, 211; “soccer war,” 196; US aid, 197; Zeta relations, 20

  Empie, Beriah, 39–40

  Encinas, Alejandro, 223

  England, Sarah, 211

  entrepreneurship. See small business

  eradication of crops (drug interdiction). See crop eradication (drug interdiction)

  Escalante, German Alfaro, 216

  Escobar, Pablo, 28, 59–60, 61

  Espinal, Edwin, 212

  Estrada, Joel Armando, 13–14

  Euraque, Dario, 201

  Evensen Dodge International, 92

  evictions, 17
7–82 passim

  Ewing, John, 195

  extortion, 50, 84; Colombia, 70; Honduras, 208–9; international, 40–41; Mexico, 17, 34, 84, 122, 129, 143–51 passim, 159, 161–67 passim

  extractive industries, 8, 16; Colombia, 48, 54, 56, 59, 74, 76, 162, 220; Guatemala, 8, 174, 176, 190; Honduras, 212; Mexico, 151–61. See also oil industry; mining industry; resistance to extractive industries

  extradition, 145, 189, 199

  Exxon, 67

  F

  Facebook, 233n66

  Facussé, Adolfo, 201

  Facussé, Miguel, 216

  Facussé family, 202, 203

  “false positive” assassinations, 54, 58–59

  La Familia Michoacana, 145, 147, 165, 166

  FARC. See Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)

  farmers and farming: Colombia, 57, 58, 72; Guatemala, 169, 173, 177, 183; Honduras, 21, 214; Mexico, 48–49, 96, 97, 154, 155, 163–68 passim. See also banana industry; sugar and sugarcane

  Fazio, Carlos, 25, 220

  FDI. See foreign direct investment (FDI)

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 116, 128, 144

  Federal Electricity Commission (Mexico). See Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) (Mexico)

  Federal Security Directorate (DFS) (Mexico), 120

  Feeley, John D., 85

  Fernández Chanel, José, 191

  Fernández Ligorría, José, 232n49

  Ferrari, Bruno, 129

  FICENSA. See Honduran Financing Bank (FICENSA)

  Figueroa, Ruben, 150

  Figueroa, Yolanda, 29

  films, 63

  financial reform, Mexican, 95–97

  fishing, 213

  Fong, Carlos Yeffim, 121–22

  food crisis, Colombian, 58

  food exports, Mexican, 106, 164

  Forces of Habit (Courtwright), 43–44

  Ford, Don Henry, 46

  Ford, Jess T., 72

  foreign debt, 73, 196, 201

  foreign direct investment (FDI): Colombia, 8, 57, 59, 61, 64, 72–73, 74; Honduras, 199, 204–5; Mexico, 8, 94, 106

  forensic anthropology, 171–72

  forests: Colombia, 48; Guatemala, 177–79 passim; Honduras, 212, 214, 217; Mexico, 135, 166

  forestry, 7, 135

  Fortuna Silver, 158

  Fox, Vicente, 2, 22

  fracking, 153, 220

  France, 116, 118, 144, 181

  Freedom and Refoundation Party, Honduras. See Libertad y Refundación (LIBRE) (Honduras)

  freedom of association, 211

  freedom of movement, 18, 35

  free trade agreements, 48; Colombia, 59, 74, 79–80. See also North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

  Friedman, Milton, 8

  Friedman, Thomas, 98

  Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), 54, 55, 57, 62, 66, 70

  Fukuyama, Francis, 2

  fumigation of crops (drug interdiction). See crop eradication (drug interdiction)

 

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