The Political Economy of Fuel Theft in Mexico: Weak State Capacity and Drug Cartels' Portfolio Diversification Strategies

• In Event: Violence and Crime in Latin America

Brief Overview

Fuel theft became a major activity for Mexican drug cartels in the mid-2000s. The advent of this activity has to do with the cartels’ portfolio diversification strategies and weak state structures in some municipalities.

Authors

• Jose Antonio Hernandez Company, Tecnologico de Monterrey

• Alejandro Alfonso Poiré, Tecnologico de Monterrey

• Maria Grisel Salazar, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)

• Luis S Serra, Tecnologico de Monterrey