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Much has been said on how one of the better strategies to bring down the cartels would be focusing more on attacking their finances. The Slate’s article “Narco Economics: A new study that could help Mexico win its war on drug traffickers” by Ray Fishman discusses the market-oriented approach to combat drug trade related violence from the perspective of a paper in forensic economics by MIT student Melissa Dell. Her work analyzes the less obvious economic behaviors through the already evidenced outbursts of violence, bringing governance and cost-benefit market analysis to the picture.

by Juan Carlos Guerra   *The following is an analytical account of a video provided by the - thought awakening channel [http://www.youtube.com/user/thoughtawakening] – that refers to the United States Army’s abuses abroad, and in particular - in its participation in what has been termed ‘Humanitarian Intervention and Regime Change’ policy, which has been gathering steam lately, as seen in the most recent Libyan attacks and the assassination of its leader.   This should be seen as a warning in Mexico, as the country’s current socio-political situation is fertile ground for similar US interventions. Mexico should be wary of the ‘benign’ intentions of its neighbour in trying to fix issues - ranging from narco trafficking to insecurity and social breakdown.