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1 juin 2019
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Coexistence, Peaceful Peaceful coexistence War on drugs Drug policy Drug enforcement Drug law enforcement Narcotics, Control of Drug control--Government policy Drug traffic control Drugs--Government policy Amnesty--Law and legislationCiter ce document
Esteban Arratia Sandoval et al., « Taboo or Pragmatism? Lopez Obrador's Dilemma over Drug Trafficking », Revista de Relaciones Internacionales, Estrategia y Seguridad, ID : 10670/1.kbl80p
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: During his election campaign, the new president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, proposed to grant an amnesty to those involved in drug production and trafficking in order to end the war on drugs, thus moving between taboo and pragmatism. Undoubtedly, this initiative is a radical change in the state approach to this conflict, as it involves typical tools of a peace process, such as demobilization, reintegration and transitional justice. But what are the main risks of this offer? This reflection paper aims to answer this question, analyzing, from a qualitative approach, the main constraints of this proposal. The main conclusion is that an amnesty is only a damage limitation strategy since it does not seek to de-escalate the illicit market, but to model its behavior-low profile, with no open confrontation position, and moderate mortality rates.