Drug War Capitalism (51 page)

Guatemala-Mexico border, 129, 148, 150–51, 177, 178

Guaviare, Colombia, 65, 66

Guerrero, Mexico, 101, 125, 135–37, 147, 159–60, 163.
See also
Acapulco, Mexico

guerrillas: Colombia, 54, 55, 57, 147; Guatemala, 173

Guevara, Ernesto “Che,” 257n2

Guevara, Rossana, 208

Gulf Cartel, 28, 29, 120, 144–45, 148, 152

Gutiérrez, Carlos, 143

Gutiérrez, Raquel, 21

Guzmán, Joaquin “El Chapo,” 59–60, 121, 134

Guzmán Hernández, Pablo, 137

H

Haiti, 89, 92

Harbury, Jennifer, 190, 259n30

Harrison Act, 39

Hart, Carl, 42

Los Hermanos Valencia, 165

Hernández, Alcides, 200

Hernández, Anabel:
Los Señores del Narco
(
Narcoland
), 119

Hernández, Daniel, 97

Hernández Batres, Iduvina, 174–75, 184, 185, 190

Hernández Navarro, Luis, 94

heroin, 39, 40, 42, 45–46, 47, 62

Higgins, Bradford, 72

highway construction, 49, 71, 132, 175

Hinestroza, Marta, 62–63

Holder, Eric, 67

Homeland Security Department.
See
US Department of Homeland Security

homicide: Colombia, 8, 57, 65, 71; Honduras, 195, 207; Mexico, 32, 57, 109–14 passim, 122, 125; United States, 50.
See also
femicide; murder

Honduran Association of Manufacturers (AHM), 202

Honduran Financing Bank (FICENSA), 196

Honduran National Business Council (COHEP), 202, 203

Honduras, 27, 35, 37, 172, 185, 187, 193–217; elections, 204, 207; emigrants, 149.
See also
Constitution of Honduras

Hope, Alejandro, 93, 129, 165

housing projects, 162

Hristov, Jasmin, 32–33

HSBC, 96, 106–7

HudBay Minerals, 175

Huggins, Martha, 115–16

Human Rights Watch, 114, 209

human trafficking, 143, 145–46

Hurricane Mitch, 177, 201

hydroelectric projects, 7, 176, 177, 183, 212, 214

I

Ibarra, Ignacio, 162

IMF.
See
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
See
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

immigration law: United States, 98–99, 127–28

imperialism, 128–29, 220

impunity, 17, 113, 146, 158, 165, 221

incarceration.
See
prisoners and imprisonment

Inco, 175

India, 44, 98

indigenous people, 44; Colombia, 62, 67–68, 71, 77; Guatemala, 170–75 passim; Honduras, 213, 214; Mexico, 166

industry.
See
banana industry; extractive industries; film industry; manufacturing; maquila industry; palm oil industry; pharmaceutical industry; retail industry

inequality, 197, 211; Honduras, 201, 204; Mexico, 2, 33–34, 49, 115, 121, 222

InSight Crime, 168, 180–81

Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) (Mexico), 22, 93, 98, 119, 131, 144, 165

Inter-American Development Bank, 183, 199

internally displaced people (IDPs), 3, 23; Colombia, 54, 58, 63–69 passim, 76–77, 78; Honduras, 213; Mexico, 133, 135, 147, 159, 161–64

International Correctional Management Training Center, Cañon City, Colorado, 125–26

International Monetary Fund (IMF), 73, 95, 97, 115, 199, 200

Invesmar, 67

investment, 163, 204–5.
See also
foreign direct investment (FDI)

Iraq, 91, 92, 128, 186

iron ore, 160, 161

J

jailing.
See
prisoners and imprisonment

Jiménez Holguín, Fausto Albión, 157–58

Jones, James R., 90

journalists, assassination and disappearing of, 34, 36

Juárez Cartel, 133, 141, 156

Juárez City, Mexico.
See
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

Juárez Valley, 109–10, 153–54, 161–62

judicial system: Colombia, 57, 72; Mexico, 102–5

Justice for Our Daughters (Justicia Para Nuestras Hijas) (Mexico), 109

K

Kaibiles, 20, 120, 173, 176, 190, 232n49

Kelly, John F., 50, 80

Kerlikowske, Gil, 30, 43

Khalili, Laleh, 20, 127

kidnapping, 116; Colombia, 63; of farmers, 163–64; Honduras, 209, 216; Mexico, 26, 109–14 passim, 121–25 passim, 130, 134, 139, 143–51 passim, 161–67 passim

Klein, Naomi:
The Shock Doctrine
, 21

Knights Templar (Mexican gang), 147, 160, 161, 165, 166, 167

L

labor reform, Mexican, 90, 93

labor unions.
See
unions

Lacandón National Park, Guatemala, 179, 181

Laguna del Tigre Park, Guatemala, 181, 182, 183

land mines, 63

land occupations, 214–15

Laredo, Texas, 127, 128

Laverde, Fabian, 53–54, 79

law enforcement.
See
police and policing

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, 49

Law for the Promotion and Protection of Investment (Honduras), 204–5

lawsuits, 152–53, 259n30

Ledezma, Norma, 109–11 passim

Leech, Gary, 76

legalization of marijuana and narcotics, 42

Leyzaola Pérez, Julián, 29

LGBTI people, violence against, 69, 113, 207, 209

Libertad y Refundación (LIBRE) (Honduras), 205–7 passim, 216

Liddy, G. Gordon, 40–41

Ligorría, Fernández, 190–91

limes, 164–65

liquor.
See
alcohol

Lobo, Porfirio, 204–5, 214

López, Sonia, 58

López Barcenas, Francisco, 137

López Bonilla, Mauricio, 232

López Obrador, Andres Manuel, 131

López Villafana, Rogelio, 144

Loya, Tony, 60

Loya Castro, Humberto, 121

Lozoya, Emilio, 99

M

MacInnis, Dan, 157

Magaña, Margarita Ambrosio, 166

Magdalena Medio, Colombia, 48

MAG Silver, 155–58 passim, 255n32

maize.
See
corn

Malone, David M., 16

Management Systems International (MSI), 103

mandatory military service.
See
military service, mandatory

manufacturing, 23, 94, 106, 121.
See also
garment industry

Mapiripán Massacre, 66–67

maquila industry, 106, 121, 162, 199, 200

Maras (gangs), 50, 148, 208–11 passim

Mara Salvatrucha (M-13), 50, 208

marches, 94, 139, 167, 168, 202, 204, 207

marijuana, 39–48 passim, 62, 133, 144, 166

Martínez, Dalia, 166

Martínez Morales, Marcelo, 177

Marx, Karl, 1, 7

massacres: Colombia, 11–15 passim, 63–66 passim, 70; Guatemala, 20, 27, 101, 171–73 passim, 180, 181, 187, 190; Honduras, 185, 206, 212, 21, 216; Mexico, 131, 167

Mayan people, 170, 171, 173–74

Mayo.
See
Zambada García, Ismael (“El Mayo”)

McAllen, Texas, 127, 128

McCadden, Rafael, 129

McCain, John, 19

Medellín, Colombia, 28, 59, 60

media, 36–37, 39, 124, 141, 168, 220, 222; Colombia, 57; Honduras, 196; Mexico, 36, 86, 107, 130–32 passim, 146, 222; reliance on official sources, 233n72; silence of, 146, 185, 222, 258n14; US, 36, 37, 97, 258n14.
See also
journalists, assassination and disappearing of