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A Tale of Two Mexican Border Cities: The Rise and Decline of Drug Violence in Juárez and Tijuana

by David A. Shirk

Published: 2014

Publisher: Journal of Borderlands Studies, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 481-502

Regions: Chihuahua, Baja California, US-Mexico Border
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Comparative analysis of drug violence trajectories in two major border cities, Ciudad Juárez and Tijuana, examining why violence escalated dramatically in both cities but followed different timelines and patterns. Published in the Journal of Borderlands Studies.