Students Talk Security | The Arrest of a Foreign General

Notre Dame International Security Center

Title: The Arrest of a Foreign General: Corruption, Cartels, and U.S.-Mexico Cooperation An interview with Guillermo Trejo by Tatiana Pernetti Summary: In this episode of ‘Students Talk Security’, Associate Professor of Political Science and Faculty Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Guillermo Trejo, will describe the recent U.S. arrest of Mexico's General Salvador Cienfuegos. As an adviser to the Mexican government, Professor Trejo provides insight into corruption in Mexico and how it affects U.S.-Mexico cooperation. Biography: Guillermo Trejo is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and Faculty Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Trejo's research focuses on political and criminal violence, social movements, human rights, and transitional justice. He is the director of the Violence and Transitional Justice Lab at the Kellogg Institute. Professor Trejo is the author of two books and more than thirty articles and book chapters for which he has received seven international awards from the American Political Science Association and the American Sociological Association. Trejo just published a book last month titled “Votes, Drugs, and Violence: The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico” which seeks to explain the outbreak of major drug wars in Mexico as the country transitioned from authoritarian rule to democracy. He is also advising me on my thesis on rule of law in Latin America.