Ohio State University. Mershon Center for International Security Studies
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Streaming video requires RealPlayer to view.The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.Luis Astorga is a researcher at the Institute of Social Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is also coordinator of the UNESCO Chair on Economic and Social Transformations Connected with the International Drug Problem. Astorga is author of Seguridad, traficantes y militares [Security, drug traffickers and the military] (Tusquets, 2007), Drogas sin fronteras [Drugs without borders] (Grijalbo, 2003), El siglo de las drogas [The drugs century] (Plaza y Janés, 2005), and Mitología del 'narcotraficante' en México [Drug traffickers' mythology in Mexico] (UNAM/Plaza y Valdés, 1995). He has also published numerous chapters in edited volumes as well as various articles about drug trafficking in Mexico in scientific journals from Mexico, the United States, Colombia, France, Italy, India, Great Britiain, and Belgium. Astorga received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne.The Ohio State University. Center for Latin American StudiesOhio State University. Mershon Center for International Security StudiesEvent Web page, streaming video, event photo
