Hola!
So, I am working on the effects of the Long Cold War in Latin America and its effects on the trade of narcotics, mainly on how the institutions and paramilitaries that originated because of this conflict helped criminal organizations, intentionally or accidentally, on their rise to power, like by justifying the narco violence at the eyes of the public (in order of the dynamics between the MAS and the M-19 in Colombia) or in the direct protection of illegal activities (like the things that the DFS did for the Guadalajara Cartel).
Anyways, I'm looking for any secondary sources about drug trafficking in Colombia and Mexico, mainly during the second half of the 20th century. It's a project for college and I have a few things that I'm sure I can use, like Marco Palacios for Colombia and Luis Astorga for Mexico, but besides that I only find fiction and journalism that I don't really trust, not history per se, so I was wondering if anyone had something about this, thanks in advance and sorry for my broken english :)
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