Breaking the Law to Ensure Order

The Case of Tijuana (2007-2012)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3817628
AutoresAnaís Medeiros Passos (0000-0001-8028-8523, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen40
Número2
Páginas251-266
Fecha de publicación2021-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBulletin of Latin American Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0261-3050 • E-ISSN: 1470-9856
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/blar.13135
OpenAlexW3037318371
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas21

This paper explores how state agents and civilians justify human rights violations when the military perform police tasks. Based on a set of interviews and documents, it analyses the actions of the armed forces and the police during a military-led operation that targeted drug trafficking organisations in Tijuana. In a context of limited civilian control over the armed forces and the police, the paper identifies two discourses that supported the illegal action of state agents: the construction of a foreign other who does not belong to society and the need to use violence to accomplish a greater good

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