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Why are Mexican politicians being assassinated?: The role of oil theft and narcocracy and the electoral consequences of organized crime

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  • Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero
  • Nayely Iturbe

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When does organized crime resort to assassinating politicians? In narcocracies, criminal groups co-opt political elites through bribery in exchange for protection to traffic illegal drugs. When criminal groups compete, they may also resort to political violence to influence which candidate wins local elections in strategic areas and retaliate when state action threatens their survival.

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  • Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero & Nayely Iturbe, 2023. "Why are Mexican politicians being assassinated?: The role of oil theft and narcocracy and the electoral consequences of organized crime," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2023-7, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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