Political legitimacy in Mexico and police in high-conflict areas

• Autores: Jerjes Izcoatl Aguirre Ochoa, Casimiro Leco Tomás
• Localización: Cimexus, ISSN 1870-6479, ISSN-e 2007-9206, Vol. 15, Nº. 2, 2020, págs. 151-164
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper analyzes the importance of political legitimacy in police actions in Mexico, especially in regions where criminal cartels build strategies that seek to justify their criminal activities through social and political actions that give them the legitimacy that the police lack on local and sub-national governments.

    The article observes aspects of legitimacy of the National Police of Colombia that can be applied to the Mexican case, specifically to the recently created Mexican National Guard. The analysis focuses on the municipalities of the so-called Tierra Caliente, Michoacana that exemplify the problems of political legitimacy and the difficulties that this implies for police activity.