Small Scale Drug Trafficking and Territorial Control in Latin America

  This article analyses the phenomena of territorial control that is carried on by small scale drug trafficking groups in Latin American cities. It shows that existing publications on this topic take for granted what “territorial control” is, but end up referring to different social process...

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Autor: Saborío, Sebastián
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Ecuador
Recursos:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista URVIO
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/3824
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Palavra-chave:Indicators; Small scale drug trafficking; Territorial control; Territory; Violence.
Control territorial; Indicadores; Narcomenudeo; Territorio; Violencia.
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spelling Small Scale Drug Trafficking and Territorial Control in Latin America Narcomenudeo y control territorial en América Latina Saborío, Sebastián Indicators; Small scale drug trafficking; Territorial control; Territory; Violence. Control territorial; Indicadores; Narcomenudeo; Territorio; Violencia.   This article analyses the phenomena of territorial control that is carried on by small scale drug trafficking groups in Latin American cities. It shows that existing publications on this topic take for granted what “territorial control” is, but end up referring to different social processes. Leaning in the concepts of territory, territoriality and territorialization, the author defines which elements shape the different modalities of territorial control implemented by small scale drug trafficking groups. In this way, he provides an analytical tool composed by different indicators: who are the subjects controlled by drug gangs, what is the extension, modality and objectives of territorial control and how do these groups influence political and associative life as well as other spheres of everyday life of the communities in which they are located. El presente artículo analiza el fenómeno del control territorial llevado a cabo por parte de grupos criminales que se dedican al narcomenudeo en barrios de las ciudades latinoamericanas. Demuestra que las publicaciones sobre el tema asumen que existe una definición clara de “control territorial”, pero terminan por referirse a procesos sociales diferentes. Apoyándose en los conceptos de territorio, territorialidad y territorialización, el autor define los elementos que conforman las diferentes modalidades de control territorial que llevan a cabo las bandas del narcomenudeo. De esa manera, brinda una herramienta de análisis compuesta por diferentes indicadores: quiénes son los sujetos controlados por las bandas, cuál es la extensión, modalidad y objetivos del control territorial y de qué manera dichos grupos influencian la vida política, asociativa y otras esferas de la cotidianeidad de las comunidades en las cuales están situados. Abstract This article analyses the phenomena of territorial control that is carried on by small scale drug trafficking groups in Latin American cities. It shows that existing publications on this topic take for granted what “territorial control” is, but end up referring to different social processes. Leaning in the concepts of territory, territoriality and territorialization, the author defines which elements shape the different modalities of territorial control implemented by small scale drug trafficking groups. In this way, he provides an analytical tool composed by different indicators: who are the subjects controlled by drug gangs, what is the extension, modality and objectives of territorial control and how do these groups influence political and associative life as well as other spheres of everyday life of the communities in which they are located. FLACSO - Sede Ecuador https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/3824 10.17141/urvio.25.2019.3824
title Small Scale Drug Trafficking and Territorial Control in Latin America
spellingShingle Small Scale Drug Trafficking and Territorial Control in Latin America
Saborío, Sebastián
Indicators; Small scale drug trafficking; Territorial control; Territory; Violence.
Control territorial; Indicadores; Narcomenudeo; Territorio; Violencia.
title_short Small Scale Drug Trafficking and Territorial Control in Latin America
title_full Small Scale Drug Trafficking and Territorial Control in Latin America
title_fullStr Small Scale Drug Trafficking and Territorial Control in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Small Scale Drug Trafficking and Territorial Control in Latin America
title_sort Small Scale Drug Trafficking and Territorial Control in Latin America
author Saborío, Sebastián
author_facet Saborío, Sebastián
author_role author
topic Indicators; Small scale drug trafficking; Territorial control; Territory; Violence.
Control territorial; Indicadores; Narcomenudeo; Territorio; Violencia.
topic_facet Indicators; Small scale drug trafficking; Territorial control; Territory; Violence.
Control territorial; Indicadores; Narcomenudeo; Territorio; Violencia.
description   This article analyses the phenomena of territorial control that is carried on by small scale drug trafficking groups in Latin American cities. It shows that existing publications on this topic take for granted what “territorial control” is, but end up referring to different social processes. Leaning in the concepts of territory, territoriality and territorialization, the author defines which elements shape the different modalities of territorial control implemented by small scale drug trafficking groups. In this way, he provides an analytical tool composed by different indicators: who are the subjects controlled by drug gangs, what is the extension, modality and objectives of territorial control and how do these groups influence political and associative life as well as other spheres of everyday life of the communities in which they are located.
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