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The Armed Forces of Colombia andMexico have characteristics thatdifferentiate them from the rest of theirLatin American counterparts. They areatypical armed forces that are shaped bythe realities of their contemporarypolitical history. The failure of lawenforcement institutions has forced bothmilitaries to take on the mission ofcombating drug trafficking andinternational criminal cartels. In orderfor these militaries to successfullyaccomplish this mission, they must besubordinated to civilian rule, cooperatewith other countries and internationalorganizations, and be accountable to therule of law.
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Moloeznik, M.P. The Military Dimension of the War on Drugsin Mexico and Colombia. Crime, Law and Social Change 40, 107–112 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024941919749
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024941919749