Drug Trafficking and Protected Areas in Mexico

Über den Autor

Dr. José Luis Carpio-Domínguez is a graduate in Criminology from the Northwestern University of Chihuahua, Mexico. He holds a Master’s in Criminology and Forensic Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas. PhD in Social Sciences with a focus on Sustainable Development from the Social Research Institute of the Univerisdad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Member of the Mexican Society of Criminology, Member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico (SECIHTI-Level I), Member of the Green Criminology Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). He is Professor in the Criminology Department of the Law Faculty at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí.He develops scientific research in green criminology with topics related to different forms of environmental crime, socio-environmental conflicts, as well as the interrelation between public security and the environment.

Dr. Jesús Ignacio Castro-Salazar is an Environmental Engineer from the Universidad de Guanajuato, Master in Integrated Environmental Management from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, and PhD in Social Sciences with a focus on Sustainable Development from the Social Research Institute of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. He has worked as an inspector in the Federal Environmental Protection Agency. He collaborates on socio-environmental and energy projects applied in rural and indigenous communities in Mexico. He is a Member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico (SECIHTI-Level I) and a Member of the Green Criminology Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. He is Professor at the Tecnológico Nacional de Mexico/Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Abasolo. His main lines of research are environmental public policy and administration; sociology and environmental legislation; green criminology.

César Hernández-Mier holds a Bachelor's degree in Medicine from the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro; Specialization in Forensic Medicine at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Mexico, based at the Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico; Master's Degree in Forensic Medicine from the University of Valencia in Spain. Currently, he is Professor in the Criminology Department of the Law Faculty at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, His main lines of research are human identification and human rights.