Mon, Sep 23
|Washington
Profs & Pints DC: The Rise of Mexican Drug Cartels
“The Rise of Mexican Drug Cartels,” with Dan Schneider, who researches the fight against drug trafficking and teaches courses on transnational crime as an assistant professor at American University’s School of International Service.
Time & Location
Sep 23, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Washington, 801 E St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA
About the event
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Rise of Mexican Drug Cartels,” with Dan Schneider, who researches the fight against drug trafficking and teaches courses on transnational crime as an assistant professor at American University’s School of International Service.
Mexican drug cartels have grown immensely over the past 30 years. Not only have they brought unprecedented levels of violence to the country, they also have been able to use their immense wealth and firepower to pull onto their payrolls tens of thousands of government officials—from street cops to Cabinet secretaries and, it is alleged, more than one president.
Come to DC’s Penn Social to learn in depth about Mexican drug cartels and U.S. and Mexican efforts to combat them. The speaker, Professor Daniel Schneider, is a former federal prosecutor and expert on transnational crime, corruption, and terrorism who previously has given excellent Profs and Pints talks on the making of terrorists…