@article{ref1,
title="A broken Mexico: allegations of collusion between the Sinaloa cartel and Mexican political parties",
journal="Small wars and insurgencies",
year="2011",
author="Beith, Malcolm",
volume="22",
number="5",
pages="787-806",
abstract="The Mexican drug war, in full swing since December 2006, has now claimed more than 40,000 lives. Dozens of high-level cartel operatives have been captured or killed, yet the leadership of one cartel, from Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico, has remained apparently untouched. The apparent lack of a crackdown on the Sinaloa Cartel has spurred criticisms of the Calderón administration, as well as US authorities aiding in the drug fight - some critics contend that the Sinaloa Cartel has enjoyed protection from the authorities. The Sinaloa Cartel's history of protection and collusion by authorities goes back a long way - during the reign of the PRI from 1929 to 2000, Sinaloa's drug traffickers were allowed to operate with near-total impunity. But mounting evidence - captures and deaths of high-level operatives from Sinaloa as well as arrests of relatives of the leadership - suggests that the claims of collusion against the current Mexican administration are false.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0959-2318",
doi="10.1080/09592318.2011.620813",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2011.620813"
}