Crude Consequences: How Mexico’s War on Drugs Fueled the Rise of Fuel Theft

• In Event: Criminal Violence, Governance, and Social Order in Latin America

Brief Overview

Bayesian time‑series analysis shows large‑scale oil theft in Mexico began July 2010 adding 144 pipeline taps (+1.6/month) during Calderón’s term as criminal capacity for oil theft matured.

Author

• Ivan Flores Martinez, University of North Carolina at Charlotte