Consistent with Wilkinson's and Staniland's findings for South Asia and with those of Acemoglu, Robinson, and Santos and Auyero for South America, our results show that under conditions of acute political polarization between Right and Left, conservative federal authorities in Mexico sought to "manage" criminal violence for electoral purposes.
Segundo, nuestros hallazgos cuestionan el supuesto weberiano clásico de que los funcionarios públicos siempre querrán adoptar políticas que maximicen el monopolio estatal de la violencia.