Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera

University Affiliate

Professor

Mexico-U.S. relations, organized crime, immigration, border security, social movements, and human trafficking

Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera is Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University. Her areas of expertise are immigration/migration studies, US-Mexico relations, border studies and international security. Within the area of migration studies, she is particularly interested in the phenomena of human smuggling and trafficking of migrants. She is a very well-known scholar in these areas and has published extensively about U.S. bound migration, U.S. immigration and security policy, illicit markets and networks. Guadalupe was recently Principal Investigator of a research grant to study organized crime and trafficking in persons in Central America and along Mexico’s eastern migration routes, supported by the Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.

Professor Correa-Cabrera is author of Los Zetas Inc.: Criminal Corporations, Energy, and Civil War in Mexico (University of Texas Press, 2017; Spanish version: Planeta, 2018). She is co-editor (with Victor Konrad) of the volume titled North American Borders in Comparative Perspective (University of Arizona Press, 2020). Her two most recent books in Spanish (co-authored with Dr. Tony Payan) are Las Cinco Vidas de Genaro García Luna (The Five Lives of Genaro García Luna; El Colegio de México, 2021) and La Guerra Improvisada: Los Años de Calderón y sus Consecuencias (The Improvised War: Calderón’s Years and Consequences; Océano, 2021). Her newest book (coming out this Winter) is entitled Frontera: A Journey across the U.S.-Mexico Border (Texas Christian University Press, 2023; co-authored with Sergio Chapa)

Guadalupe is Past President of the Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS). She is co-editor of the International Studies Perspectives journal (ISP, Oxford University Press).

Current Research

Research Projects

“Corruption, Gentrification and Environmental Damage at the Border in the Era of Elon Musk: The Case of Cameron County, Texas” (research project with Professor Michelle Keck); Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; October 2022-December 2023.

Collaborator in the 21st Century Borders SSHRC Partnership Grant; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; April 1, 2021-March 30, 2028.

Participant in the project titled “Political Parties and the Future of Democracy in Mexico” (organized by the Baker Institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico, Rice University); May 2020-December 2021.

Research project (with Ricardo Raphael): “What is the National Regeneration Movement: MORENA?”

“Explaining the Causes of U.S.-Bound Migration in an Era of Migrant Caravans”; Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University; Fall 2019 to date.

“Network Analysis and Opportunities for Disruption of Organ Trafficking”; NSF EAGER grant - Disrupting Operations of Illicit Supply Networks; with Naoru Koizumi (PI), Monica Gentili, Amit Patel and Monir Moniruzzaman; George Mason University, University of Louisville, University of Massachusetts and Michigan State University; November 2018-February 2023.

Books/Works in Progress

Coyotes LLC: The Industry of Human Smuggling and its Transnational Crime Networks [in contract with Columbia University Press; to be completed Summer 2025].

Los Zetas Inc. – A New Generation: Organized Crime and Energy in Mexico [Second edition of Los Zetas Inc.; University of Texas Press; to be completed August 2025].

Selected Publications

Frontera: A Journey across the U.S.-Mexico Border (co-authored with Sergio Chapa) [forthcoming December 2023; Texas Christian University Press].

Las Cinco Vidas de Genaro García Luna (The Five Lives of Genaro García Luna; El Colegio de México, 2021)

La Guerra Improvisada: Los Años de Calderón y sus Consecuencias (The Improvised War: Calderón’s Years and Consequences; Océano, 2021).

Los Zetas Inc.: Criminal Corporation, Energy and Civil War in Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press (2017).

Democracy in “Two Mexicos”: Political Institutions in Oaxaca and Nuevo León. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2013).

Expanded Publication List

Books

Frontera: A Journey across the U.S.-Mexico Border (co-authored with Sergio Chapa) [forthcoming December 2023; Texas Christian University Press].

Las Cinco Vidas de Genaro Garcia Luna (co-authored with Tony Payan). Mexico City: El Colegio de México (January 2021).

La Guerra Improvisada: Los Años de Calderón y sus Consecuencias (co-authored with Tony Payan). Mexico City: Editorial Océano (April 2021).

Los Zetas Inc.: Criminal Corporation, Energy and Civil War in Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press (August 2017).

Los Zetas Inc.: La Corporación Delictiva que Funciona como Empresa Transnacional. Mexico City: Editorial Planeta (September 2018).

Democracy in “Two Mexicos”: Political Institutions in Oaxaca and Nuevo León. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2013).

Edited Collections

Special issue of Norteamérica CISAN-UNAM (guest editor): Mexico-U.S. Relations and Trumpism—With or Without Trump / Las Relaciones México-Estados Unidos y el Trumpismo—Con o Sin Trump. Volume 19, Issue 1, 2024 [forthcoming]

North American Borders in Comparative Perspective (co-edited with Victor Konrad). Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press (April 2020).

Special issue of the Journal of Borderlands Studies (co-edited with Kathleen Staudt): The Multiple U.S.-Mexico Borders. Volume 29, Issue 4, 2014.

Book Chapters

“Militarización, Geopolítica y Soberanía Energética en Tiempos de la 4.” In Zavala, Tony and Oswaldo Zavala, eds., Contrahistoria del “Pueblo” Mexicano. Mexico City: Debate [forthcoming].

“¿Qué es el Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (MORENA)?” (co-authored with Ricardo Raphael). In Loaeza, Soledad and Tony Payan, eds., El Estado de los Partidos Políticos y el Futuro de la Democracia en México. Mexico City: El Colegio de México [forthcoming].

“Mexico’s “Drug War,” the Energy Sector, and an Emerging Strategic Action Field.” In Bruno Dupeyron, Andrea Noferini and Tony Payan Agents, eds., Agents and Structures in Cross-Border Governance: North American and European Perspectives. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press [forthcoming].

“Migración irregular, Trata de Personas y Crimen Organizado en Tres Ciudades Mexicanas: Matamoros, Reynosa y Nuevo Laredo” (co-authored with María Fernanda Machuca). In Érica Sarmiento and André Nunes de Azevedo, eds., Migrações e Cidades nas Américas: Processos Históricos e Análises do Tempo Presente / Migraciones y Ciudades en las Américas: Procesos Históricos y Análisis de la Actualidad. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Editora Ayran Eirele (2022): pp. 229-251.

“United States-Mexico Law Enforcement and Border Security Cooperation: An Institutional-Historical Perspective” (co-authored with Evan McCormick). In Tony Payan and Pamela Cruz, eds., Binational Commons: Institutional Development and Governance on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press (2020): pp. 258-290.

“The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands: Exploring Alternative Futures” (co-authored with Jason Ackleson). In Tony Payan, Alfonso López de la Osa Escribano and Jesús Guillermo Velasco, eds., The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations: Strategic Forecasting. Houston, Texas: Arte Público, The University of Houston (2020): pp. 145-164.

“Una Guerra Improvisada: Lecciones para el Futuro de la Seguridad en México” (co-authored with Tony Payan). In John M. Ackerman, ed., El Cambio Democrático en México: Retos y Posibilidades de la “Cuarta Transformación". Mexico City: Siglo XXI, UNAM and EL INEHRM (2019): pp. 613-639.

“Oil, Gas, and Guns: War, Privatization, and Violence in Tamaulipas, Mexico” (co-authored with Carlos Daniel Gutiérrez-Mannix). In Dawn Paley and Simon Granovsky-Larsen, eds., Organized Violence and the Expansion of Capital. Regina, Canada: University of Regina Press (2019): pp. 135-161.

“Política Migratoria, Migración Irregular y Seguridad: Un Análisis de las Dos Fronteras Mexicanas.” In José Luis Calva, ed., Migración de Mexicanos a Estados Unidos: Derechos Humanos y Desarrollo (Vol. 20. Mexico 2018-2024: Nueva Estrategia de Desarrollo). Mexico City: Juan Pablos Editor, UNAM (2019): pp. 1032-1055.

“Militarización y Redes Sociales: La Guerra Virtual contra la Delincuencia Organizada en México.” In Efrén Sandoval Hernández, ed., Violentar la Vida en el Norte de México: Estado, Tráficos y Migraciones en la Frontera con Texas. Mexico City: CIESAS, Plaza y Valdés (2018): pp. 183-220.

“Migración Irregular, Delincuencia Organizada y Trata de Personas en la Frontera de Tamaulipas con Texas” (co-authored with María Fernanda Machuca). In Efrén Sandoval Hernández, ed., Violentar la Vida en el Norte de México: Estado, Tráficos y Migraciones en la Frontera con Texas. Mexico City: CIESAS, Plaza y Valdés (2018): pp. 303-325.

“Una Política de Seguridad ‘No Convencional’ y el Nuevo Paramilitarismo en México.” In Carlos Antonio Flores Pérez, ed., La Crisis de Seguridad y Violencia en México: Causas, Efectos y Dimensiones del Problema. Mexico City: CIESAS (2018): pp. 94-115.

“Militarización, Violencia y Límites a la Seguridad Ciudadana en un Estado en Crisis: El Caso de Tamaulipas.” In José Alfredo Zavaleta Betancourt and Arturo Alvarado Mendoza, eds., Violencia, Seguridad Ciudadana y Victimización en México. Pachuca, Hidalgo: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (2018): pp. 213-236.

“The War on Drugs in Latin America from a Development Perspective.” In Julie Cupples, Marcela Palomino-Schalscha, and Manuel Prieto, eds., The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Development. New York, New York: Routledge (2018): pp. 132-144.

“Between the Sword and the Wall: Guatemalan Refugees in the Yucatán Peninsula” (co-authored with Arthur Sanders Montandon). In Gerhard Besier and Katarzyna Stokłosa, eds., How to Deal with Refugees? Europe as a Continent of Dreams. Münster, Germany: LIT Verlag (2018): pp. 131-153.

“Militarización y Violencia en Tamaulipas.” In Raúl Benítez Manaut and Sergio Aguayo Quezada, eds., Atlas de la Seguridad y la Defensa de México 2016. Mexico City: Colectivo de Análisis de la Seguridad con Democracia (CASEDE) and Instituto Belisario Domínguez del Senado de la República (2017): pp. 181-190.

“Participación Ciudadana y Seguridad en la Frontera Norte de México: Un Balance de las Experiencias.” In Socorro Arzaluz and Arturo Zárate Ruiz, eds., Frontera Norte y Ciudadanía ante la Encrucijada de la Inseguridad. Tijuana, Baja California: Colegio de la Frontera Norte (2017): pp. 219-238.

“Seguridad, Estado de Derecho y Reforma Energética en México” (co-authored with Tony Payan). In Tony Payan, Stephen Zamora and José Ramón Cossío, eds. El Estado de Derecho y la Reforma Energética. Mexico City: Tirant Lo Blanch México (2016): pp. 403-434.

“Undocumented Migration, Organized Crime and Trafficking in Persons along the Eastern U.S-Mexico Border” (co-authored with Jennifer Bryson Clark). In Werner Mackenbach and Günther Maihold, eds., Globalización, Migración, Convivencia. Perspectivas de Centroamérica y México. San José, Costa Rica: Editorial Jade (2015): pp. 39-51.

“Bilingual College Education at UTB: Improving Student Success in the Rio Grande Valley” (co-authored with Oralia de los Reyes). In Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta, and Thomas Daniel Knight, eds. Yet More Studies in Rio Grande Valley History (Vol. 13). Brownsville, Texas: University of Texas at Brownsville (2015): pp. 339-359.

“Women and Violence on the ‘Forgotten’ Border.” In Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, and Antonio Zavaleta, eds. Still More Studies in Rio Grande Valley History (Vol. 12). Brownsville, Texas: University of Texas at Brownsville (2014): pp. 233-254.

“Drug Wars, Social Networks and the Right to Information: Informal Media as Freedom of the Press in Northern Mexico” (co-authored with Jose Nava). In Tony Payan, Kathleen Staudt, and Z. Anthony Kruszewski, eds., A War that Can’t Be Won: Binational Perspectives on the War on Drugs. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press (2013): pp. 96-118.

“Violencia en el Noreste Mexicano. El Caso Tamaulipas: Estado, Sociedad y Crimen Organizado.” In Vicente Sánchez Munguía, ed., Violencia e Inseguridad en los Estados Fronterizos del Norte de México en la Primera Década del Siglo XX1. Puebla, Puebla: Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (2013): pp. 139-162.

“Las Fuentes de Financiamiento como Determinantes de la Transformación del Modelo Económico en México (1940-1998)” (co-authored with Gerardo Jacobs and Vicente Cell). In Mauricio de Miranda, ed., Reforma Económica y Cambio Social en América Latina y el Caribe. Cuatro Casos de Estudio: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, México. Bogotá, Colombia: TM Editores, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali (November 2000): pp. 96-140.

Articles

Peer-reviewed

“Social Network Analysis of Illicit Organ Trading Networks: The Medicus Case” (co-authored with Joshua Nielsen, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Meng-Hao Li, Monica Gentili, Seán Columb and Naoru Koizumi). Trends in Organized Crime [accepted for publication; forthcoming Fall 2023].

“Messengers of Justice: Social Network Analysis of Public Relations Support for Migrants” (co-authored with Cindy Azucena Gómez-Schempp, Naoru Koizumi, Rajendra Kulkarni and William Yaworsky). Atlantic Journal of Communication (December 20, 2022). DOI: 10.1080/15456870.2022.2150191.

“Notes on a Perilous Journey to the United States: Irregular Migration, Trafficking in Persons, and Transnational Organized Crime” (co-authored with Blair K. Schaefer). Latin American Politics and Society 64:3 (August 2022): pp. 142-160.

“New Studies and Trends in Human Mobility in the Americas: Assessing Migrant Smuggling Networks.” Symposium on International Human Mobility. APSA Migration and Citizenship Newsletter 9:1 (Summer 2022): pp. 13-20.

“A Dangerous Journey to the U.S. and a “New Deal” for Migrant Women and Girls” (co-authored with Michelle Keck). The Brown Journal of World Affairs 28:2 (Spring/Summer 2022): pp. 1-17.

“The End of the Merida Initiative?" Georgetown Journal of International Affairs 23:1 (Spring 2022): pp. 59-64. DOI: 10.1353/gia.2022.0010.

“North American Borders in Comparative Perspective During COVID Times” (co-authored with Victor Konrad). Norteamérica CISAN-UNAM 17:1 (January-June 2022): pp. 109-137. DOI: 10.22201/cisan.24487228e.2022.1.504.

“Assessing the International Influence of Private Philanthropy: The Case of Open Society Foundations” (co-authored with Lucas Nuñez and Hayden Ludwig). Global Studies Quarterly 1:4 (December 2021). DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksab039.

“Explicando las Caravanas Migrantes: ¿Hipótesis de Trabajo, Activismo Académico o Teorías Conspirativas?” (critical note; co-authored with Naoru Koizumi). Frontera Norte: International Journal of Borders, Territories and Regions 33 (November 15, 2021). DOI: 10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2197.

“Messengers of a Drug War in the Cyberspace: The Case of Tamaulipas” (co-authored with Rajendra G. Kulkarni, Patrick R. Baxter and Naoru Koizumi). Small Wars Journal (September 2021): pp. 1-30.

“Seguridad en México en tiempos de la 4T”. Política y Gobierno 28:2 (2021): pp. 27.35.

“The Nature of MS-13 in the American Context: A Transnational Comparison” (co-authored with Mariely López-Santana and Camilo Pardo-Herrera). International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (July 6, 2021). DOI: 10.1080/01924036.2021.1949739.

“The Eagle, the Condor, and Exodus: New Directions in Political Theatre and Border Spectacle” (co-authored with William Yaworsky and Cindy A. Gómez-Schempp). Journal of Borderlands Studies 36:5 (2021): pp. 791-811. DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2021.1918570.

“Metodologías de Investigación, Crimen Organizado y Análisis de Redes Sociales: Un Estudio de Caso en la Frontera.” Revista Latinoamericana de Metodología de la Investigación Social 21:11 (April-September 2021): pp. 69-81.

“Borders in Transition: North American Borders in Comparative Perspective” (co-authored with Victor Konrad). L'Espace Politique 42:3 (2020): pp. 1-22.

“Migration, Border Security, and New Forms of Resistance in the Age of Trump.” Security and Peace (Sicherheit und Frieden, S+F) 38:2 (2020): pp. 100-105.

“Carteles Inc. Paramilitarismo Criminal, Energía y la Nueva ‘Guerra contra el Narco’ en México.” Confluenze. Rivista di Studi Iberoamericani 12:1 (2020): pp. 43-55.

“Transforming Mexico’s Energy Field: The Intended Consequences of a Drug War.” Small Wars and Insurgencies 30:2 (2019): pp. 489-517.

“Reforming Mexico’s Anti-trafficking in Persons Legislation” (co-authored with Arthur Sanders Montandon). Mexican Law Review 11:1 (2018): pp. 3-30.

“Re-victimizing Trafficked Migrant Women: The Southern Border Plan and Mexico’s Anti-trafficking Legislation” (co-authored with Jennifer Bryson Clark). Eurasia Border Review 8:1 (2017): pp. 55-70.

“Citizen Journalism: From Thomas in Boston to Twitter in Tamaulipas: A Case Study” (co-authored with Ruth Ann Ragland and María Machuca). The Journal of Social Media in Society 5:3 (2016): pp. 283-315.

“Workers, Parties and a "New Deal:" A Comparative Analysis of Corporatist Alliances in Mexico and the United States, 1910-1940” (co-authored with Ruth Ann Ragland). Labor History 57:3 (2016): pp. 323-346.

“U.S. Drug Policy and Supply Side Strategies: Assessing Effectiveness and Results” (co-authored with Michelle Keck). Norteamérica CISAN-UNAM 10:2 (July-December 2015): pp. 47-67.

“Inequalities and Global Flows in Mexico’s Northeastern Border: The Effects of Migration, Commerce, Hydrocarbons, and Transnational Organized Crime.” Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 40:3 (Autumn 2015): pp. 326-350.

“Losing the Monopoly of Violence: The State, a Drug War, and the Paramilitarization of Organized Crime in Mexico (2007-2010)” (co-authored with Michelle Keck and Jose Nava). State Crime Journal 4:1 (2015): pp. 77-95.

“Violence on the “Forgotten” Border: Mexico’s Drug War, the State, and Paramilitarization of Organized Crime in Tamaulipas in a ‘New Democratic Era’”. Journal of Borderlands Studies 29:4 (2014): pp. 419-433.

“The Phenomenology of Perception and Fear: Security and the Reality of the U.S.-Mexico Border” (co-authored with Terence Garrett). Journal of Borderlands Studies 29:2 (2014): pp. 243-255.

“Seguridad y Migración en las Dos Fronteras de México: Diagnóstico y Recomendaciones de Política y Cooperación Regional.” Revista Migración y Desarrollo 12:22 (first semester 2014): pp. 147-171.

“Administrative Surveillance and Fear: Implications for U.S.-Mexico Border Relations and Governance” (co-authored with Terence Garrett and Michelle Keck). European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 96 (April 2014): pp. 35-53.

“Desarrollo Empresarial, Inversión Extranjera y Crimen Organizado en México: Los Efectos Reales de la Violencia (2006-2010).” Panorama Socioeconómico 31:46 (July 2013): pp. 25-36.

“Security, Migration, and the Economy in the Texas-Tamaulipas Border Region: The ‘Real’ Effects of Mexico's Drug War.” Politics & Policy 41:1 (February 2013): pp. 65-82.

“The Spectacle of Drug Violence: American Public Discourse, Media and Border Enforcement in the Texas-Tamaulipas Border Region during Drug War Times.” Norteamérica CISAN-UNAM 7:2 (July-December 2012): pp. 199-220.

“Mexico’s Economic Dilemmas and Democratic Challenges in an Era of Reform.” Latin American Politics and Society 54:4 (Winter 2012): pp. 179-188.

“The Mathematics of Mexico-U.S. Migration and U.S. Immigration Policy,” co-authored with Miriam Rojas-Arenaza. Policy Studies 33:4 (July 2012): pp. 297-312.

“Political Cohesion in Northern Mexico: The Case of Nuevo León (1994-2006)." The Journal of South Texas 25:1 (Spring 2012): pp. 4-39.

“Political Factionalism in Southern Mexico: The Case of Oaxaca (2000-2006)." The Journal of Politics in Latin America 4:1 (2012): pp. 73-106.

Non peer-reviewed

“Cabilderos contra la Reforma al Sector Eléctrico, Estado y Soberanía.” El Cotidiano - Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) 37:232 (March-April 2022): pp. 65-77.

“Field Report: Security in Tamaulipas Today: Simulated Peace” (co-authored with Jorge A. Pérez). Small Wars Journal - El Centro (January 3, 2022). https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/field-report-security-tamaulipas-today-simulated-peace Spanish version: https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/informe-de-campo-seguridad-en-tamaulipas-hoy-una-paz-simulada

“Two Big Risks of Forced Migrations: Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Persons” in Gender-Based Violence Dispatch No. 6 (co-authored with Beatriz García Nice). Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center (December, 2021). https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/uploads/documents/Two_Big_Risks_of_Forced_Migrations.pdf

“Chronicles of a War Foretold.” NACLA Report on the Americas 52:1 (Spring 2020): pp. 41-46.

“The Myths of Central American Undocumented Immigration and MS-13 in the United States” (co-authored with Mariely López-Santana). Symposium Issue: ‘Border Myths: Exploring the Myths and Realities of Immigration Policies at the Border’. California Western International Law Journal 50:1 (Fall 2019): pp. 119-138.

“Energy and Security in Mexico: The Real Winners of a Drug War.” Fletcher Security Review 5:1 (Summer 2018): pp. 57-62.

Wilson Center policy report: Arguments to Reform Mexico’s Anti-Trafficking Legislation (co-authored with Arthur Sanders Montandon). Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center (March 22, 2018).

“New Forms of Crime and Violence in the Americas: Human Trafficking, Transnational Organized Crime and Migration in Central America and Mexico.” Hemisphere 26 (Summer 2017): pp. 32-33.

“Crimen, Corrupción y Pérdida del Monopolio de la Violencia en Honduras: Reflexiones y Apuntes de Viaje a San Pedro Sula, Choloma, El Progreso y la Ceiba.” Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center (June 2017).

“La Peligrosa Trayectoria de la Niñez Migrante hacia Estados Unidos.” Seguridad y Sociedad 6:14 (December 2016): pp. 8-13.

“Rhetoric, Policy and Reality: U.S. Border Security and Migration Reform.” Voices of Mexico 99 (Spring-Summer 2015): pp. 11-13.

“Militarización y Seguridad Ciudadana en Tamaulipas: Dilemas de la Sociedad Civil y Límites a la Participación Ciudadana en una Entidad donde el Estado Perdió el Monopolio de la Violencia.” In Taller sobre Seguridad Ciudadana en México. Monterrey, Nuevo León: Woodrow Wilson Center, CAF - Development Bank of Latin America, and Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (October 2014).

“Violence and Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico: The Economic Impact of the ‘War Against Drugs’.” Voices of Mexico 96 (Autumn 2013): pp. 17-22.

“A Business Perspective on Violence and Organized Crime.” Voices of Mexico 94 (Autumn 2012): pp. 19-22.

“La Vuelta en ‘U’ de la Transición Mexicana: Los Límites de la Democracia Electoral a Diez Años de la Alternancia.” Revista Folios 4:24 (Autumn 2011): pp. 74-80.

“El Actual Modelo de Desarrollo: Orígenes y Perspectivas” (co-authored with Gerardo Jacobs). Bien Común y Gobierno 23 (July 2000): pp. 13-26.

Encyclopedia Entries

“Mexico” (co-authored with Carlos Daniel Gutiérrez-Mannix). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications (2018).

“Latinos and U.S. Policy.” The Encyclopedia of United States - Latin American Relations (EUSLA). Washington, DC: CQ Press (2012).

“First Meeting of American Presidents (Panama), 1956.” The Encyclopedia of United States - Latin American Relations (EUSLA). Washington, DC: CQ Press (2012).

“Second Meeting of American Presidents (Punta del Este), 1967.” The Encyclopedia of United States - Latin American Relations (EUSLA). Washington, DC: CQ Press (2012).

Book Reviews

Howard Campbell, Downtown Juárez: Underworlds of Violence and Abuse. In North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) (March 18, 2022).

Nilda M. García, Drug War and Criminal Networks: The Dark Side of Social Media. In Small Wars Journal (December 2020).

Kathleen Staudt, Border Politics in a Global Era: Comparative Perspectives. In Journal of Borderlands Studies 35:2 (2020): pp. 315-316.

George W. Grayson, The Cartels: The Story of Mexico’s Most Dangerous Criminal Organizations and Their Impact on U.S. Security. In Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books (September 2014).

Diego E. Osorno, La Guerra de Los Zetas: Viaje por la Frontera de la Necropolítica. In Critical Reviews on Latin American Research 3:1 (2014).

Ricardo Ravelo, Zetas: La Franquicia Criminal. In Diario 19 (February 23, 2014).

Shannon Speed, Rights in Rebellion: Indigenous Struggle and Human Rights in Chiapas. In Latin American Politics and Society 50:4 (Winter 2008): pp. 193-196.

Issue Briefs and Public Policy Reports

“Dismantling Migrant Smuggling Networks in the Americas.” Policy Brief (June 2022). Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/dismantling-migrant-smuggling-networks-americas

“Desafíos de la Seguridad Fronteriza, la Cooperación Internacional y la Agenda Post-Covid-19.” In Gestión de la Seguridad y Migración en Fronteras de Europa y América del Norte: ¿Cooperación O Exclusión en Contexto Covid-19. COLEF and Asociación de Regiones Fronterizas Europeas (RFE, 2020), Tijuana, Baja California: pp. 24-27.

“El Desafío de la Seguridad Fronteriza a un Año de gobierno de la 4T.” In Desafíos Sociales en la Frontera Norte de México a un Año de Gobierno de AMLO. Laboratorio de Estudios sobre Violencia en la Frontera Norte (LEVIF, 2019). COLEF, Tijuana, Baja California: pp. 18-21.

“Political Turpitude: The Negative Impact of Zero-Tolerance Immigration Policies on Irregular Labor Markets” (co-authored with Tony Payan). Issue Brief no. 07.09.18. Rice University’s Baker Institute, Houston, Texas.

“Mexican Armed Forces and Security in Mexico” (co-authored with Tony Payan). Issue Brief no. 05.31.16. Rice University’s Baker Institute, Houston, Texas.

“Land Ownership and Use under Mexico’s Energy Reform” (co-authored with Tony Payan). Issue Brief no. 10.29.14. Rice University’s Baker Institute, Houston, Texas.

“Energy Reform and Security in Northeastern Mexico” (co-authored with Tony Payan). Issue Brief no. 05.06.14. Rice University’s Baker Institute, Houston, Texas.

Other Publications

“La Guerra por Sonora (y sus Recursos).” In Sentido Común 03 (August 21, 2022): pp. 38-41.

“A Perilous Journey Along the Darién Gap” (coauthored with Jaime Scott). In North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) (October 14, 2021). https://nacla.org/author/Jaime%20Scott%20and%20Guadalupe%20Correa-Cabrera.

“Guerra, Narcoterror y Crónicas de Carteles.” In Revista Líder México 4:40 (January 2020): pp. 42-48.

“Crónicas de una Guerra Anunciada.” In Revista Líder México 3:39 (December 2019): pp. 48-49.

“Paramilitarismo. Después de Doce Años, estos son sus Efectos en México.” In Revista Líder México 3:38 (November 2019): pp. 50-52.

“La Lucha Interna que Divide al Imperio.” In Revista Líder México 3:36 (September 2019): pp. 40-42.

“El Chapo and Mexico’s Drug War Spectacle” (coauthored with Laura Weiss). In North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) (March 4, 2019). https://nacla.org/news/2019/03/04/el-chapo-and-mexico%E2%80%99s-drug-war-spectacle.

“Magic is Not Always Good” (co-authored with Kathleen Staudt). In The Inquisitive Eater, The New School (January 10, 2019). http://inquisitiveeater.com/2019/01/10/magic-is-not-always-good-by-guadalupe-correa-cabrera-and-kathleen-staudt/.

“Crónicas de Cárteles, Breitbart y la Guerra que Bosquejan en México.” In Newsweek en Español [cover story] 21:35 (September 1, 2017); pp. 16-22.

“La Tregua con Las Maras que Destruyó el Estado” (Interview with former guerrilla member Raúl Mijango). In Newsweek en Español [cover story] 20:24 (June 6, 2016); pp. 14-22.

Foreword of the book Drug War Capitalism by Dawn Marie Paley. Oakland, CA: AK Press (2014).

“Migración, Crimen Organizado y Política en las Dos Fronteras de México.” Revista Internacional de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, SOCIOTAM 24:2 (July-December 2014): pp. 87-113. [Revised version of article in Revista Migración y Desarrollo 12:22 entitled “Seguridad y Migración en las Dos Fronteras de México: Diagnóstico y Recomendaciones de Política y Cooperación Regional”]

“El Rascatripas. Hombre, Unos 35 Años de Edad.” In Lolita Bosch and Alejandro Vélez Salas, eds., Tú y Yo Coincidimos en la Noche Terrible. Mexico City: Nuestra Aparente Rendición (2012): pp. 89-90.

Op-Eds

“The Myth of the Mexican ‘Cartels.” Small Wars Journal, April 17, 2023. https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/perspective-myth-mexican-cartels

“Closing Roxham Road Loophole A Benefit to All Migrants” (co-authored with Christian Leuprecht). National Post, April 14, 2023. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/opinion-extension-of-the-safe-third-country-agreement-is-good-news-but-more-immigration-reform-is-needed

“Michael Moore Documentary ‘Planet of the Humans’ Unveils Flaws with Renewable Energy” (co-authored with Alexander Dunlap). Houston Chronicle, May 28, 2020. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Opinion-Michael-Moore-documentary-Plant-of-15298067.php

“COVID-19 and the Future of North American Borders” (co-authored with Victor Konrad). Houston Chronicle, May 11, 2020. https://thehill.com/opinion/international/497096-covid-19-and-the-future-of-north-american-borders.

“Central American Caravans are not Organic Migrations. What Forces are Behind Them?” In The Dallas Morning News (May 14, 2019). https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/05/14/central-american-caravans-not-organic-migrations-forces-behind.

“Caravanizando la Migración: Una Perspectiva desde México” (coauthored with Alejandro Solalinde). In Proceso magazine (May 5, 2019). https://www.proceso.com.mx/582414/caravanizando-la-migracion-una-perspectiva-desde-mexico.

“Paradojas del Activismo Migratorio: ¿Coyotes o Robin Hoods?” (co-authored with Alan Bersin). El Heraldo de México, January 18, 2019. https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/opinion/paradojas-del-activismo-migratorio-coyotes-o-robin-hoods1/.

“Activistas Defensores de Migrantes y Traficantes de Personas. El Fin de la Inocencia” (co-authored with Alan Bersin). El Informador, January 3, 2019. https://www.informador.mx/ideas/Activistas-Defensores-de-Migrantes-y-Traficantes-de-Personas.-El-Fin-de-la-Inocencia-20190103-0045.html.

“Migrant Activists and Human Smugglers Collaborated at the Southern Border: Innocents Lost” (co-authored with Alan Bersin). The Hill, December 29, 2018. https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/423181-migrant-activists-and-human-smugglers-collaborated-innocents-lost.

“Is MS-13 as dangerous as Trump suggests?” (co-authored with Mariely López-Santana and Camilo Pardo). Monkey Cage, The Washington Post, December 7, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/12/07/trump-keeps-warning-about-ms-13-is-it-really-as-dangerous-as-he-suggests/?utm_term=.99779e87f29f.

“AMLO y la Frontera: ¿Seguirá México siendo el Patio Trasero de Estados Unidos?” Aristegui Noticias, August 17, 2018. https://aristeguinoticias.com/1708/mexico/amlo-y-la-frontera-seguira-mexico-siendo-el-patio-trasero-de-estados-unidos-articulo/.

“Mexico's New President AMLO and Donald Trump Have Promised Mutual 'Respect.' How Long Can That Last?” TIME Magazine, July 3, 2018. http://time.com/5329128/amlo-trump-relations-us-mexico/.

“Yuriria Sierra, Leon Krauze, Emiliano Salinas y La Trata Electoral.” Revista Polemón, June 25, 2018. https://polemon.mx/yuriria-sierra-leon-krauze-emiliano-salinas-y-la-trata-electoral#comments.

“Mexico’s Drug War and Neoliberal Energy Reforms Could Be Good for Business, Especially Mercenary Companies.” Upside Down World, October 2, 2017. https://upsidedownworld.org/uncategorized/mexicos-drug-war-neoliberal-energy-reforms-good-business-especially-mercenary-companies/.

“Criminal Corporations, Energy, and Militarization in the Age of Trump” (commentary). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press (2017). http://utpressnews.blogspot.com/2017/06/criminal-corporations-energy-and.html#sthash.i0WAuoOz.dpbs

“Gobierno espía: Gobierno inepto.” Newsweek en Español, July 3, 2017. https://www.pressreader.com/argentina/newsweek-en-espa%C3%B1ol/20170703/282054802053149.

“Immigration and border security in the age of Trump.” The Expert Take, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center. March 24, 2017. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/immigration-and-border-security-the-age-trump

“¿A quién le conviene que se olvide la violencia en Tamaulipas?” AMÉXICA-Univision, August 12, 2016. http://www.univision.com/noticias/opinion/a-quien-le-conviene-que-se-olvide-la-violencia-en-tamaulipas.

“Visiones fronterizas sobre seguridad: la realidad “desde dentro” en ambos lados.” AMÉXICA-Univision, July 18, 2016. http://www.univision.com/noticias/amexica/visiones-fronterizas-sobre-seguridad-la-realidad-desde-dentro-en-ambos-lados.

“¿Qué está detrás de la elección en Tamaulipas? Seguridad y energía.” Sinembargo.mx, May 29, 2016. http://www.sinembargo.mx/29-05-2016/1665803.

“Seguridad Fronteriza y Reforma Migratoria en los Estados Unidos: Retórica, Política y Realidad.” La Frontera, 35:2 (Spring 2015): pp. 14-15. http://absborderlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/La-frontera-352_h.pdf.

“New Economic Opportunities on the U.S.-Mexico Border Amid the Drug War.” La Frontera, 34:1 (Fall 2013): p. 4. http://absborderlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/La-frontera-341small.pdf.

“Achieving Border Security: A Matter of Money or Competency? The Baker Institute Viewpoints series: Border Spending / Houston Chronicle, August 1, 2013. http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2013/08/achieving-border-security-a-matter-of-money-or-competency/.

Blogs

Blog of 12 episodes in Borderzine: Reporting across Fronteras (The University of Texas at El Paso, UTEP): “A Nine-Day Road Trip Hugging the Texas-Mexico Border” (co-authored with journalist Sergio Chapa)

http://borderzine.com/2013/09/borderzine-invites-you-to-ride-with-us-on-a-nine-day-road-trip-hugging-the-texas-mexico-border/

http://borderzine.com/author/lupita/

Grants and Fellowships

GRANTS

Principal Investigator / Co-Principal Investigator

Co-Principal Investigator

EAGER - Disrupting Operations of Illicit Supply Networks

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Project: “Network Analysis and Opportunities for Disruption of Organ Trafficking”

$291,510.00 (24 months, starting November 1, 2018; extended until February 28, 2023)

Principal Investigator: FY 2014 International Programs to Combat Trafficking in Persons Grant

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State

Project: “Trafficking in Persons along Mexico’s Eastern Migration Routes: The Role of Mexican Transnational Criminal Organizations”

$200,000.00 (18 months, starting April 2015)

Collaborator / researcher

Collaborator: 21st Century Borders SSHRC Partnership Grant

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Project: “Twenty-First Century Borders: Emergent Challenges Within and Among States”

$5.4 million (April 1, 2021-March 30, 2028)

FELLOWSHIPS, AFFILIATIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Fellow, Small Wars Journal - El Centro (2021-to date)

Affiliated faculty, Observatory of the Binational Relationship between Mexico-United States (Observatorio de la Relación Binacional México-Estados Unidos), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) (2021 to date)

Non-resident Scholar, Center for the United States and Mexico, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University (October 1, 2017-December 31, 2021)

Expert in the areas of Mexico-U.S. relations, organized crime, immigration, border security and human trafficking

Woodrow Wilson Center Global Fellow (August 1, 2017-December 31, 2021), Latin American Program

Short-term visiting fellow, Baker Institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico, Rice University (May 21 - June 8, 2018), Project: “The Improvised War: Calderón’s Years and Consequences” (with Dr. Tony Payan)

Woodrow Wilson Center Residential Fellowship (September 2016-July 2017), Project: “Trafficking in Persons, Irregular Immigration and Transnational Organized Crime in Central America and Mexico”

Research fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin - Desigualdades.net project (June–August 2013)

Drugs, Security and Democracy (DSD) Post-doctoral Fellowship (August 2011-July 2012)

Fulbright-García Robles Fellowship for Graduate Studies (Sep 2000-May 2002)

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) Scholarship (Fall 2000–August 2006)

New School for Social Research Dissertation Fellowship (2003-2004)

New School for Social Research Graduate Teaching Fellowship (2003-2004)

New School for Social Research Tuition Scholarship (Fall 2000 - Fall 2003)

Janey Program for Latin American Studies Summer Grant (Summer 2004)

2002 Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) New Social Science Training Fellowship (September-December 2002)

Courses Taught

Introduction to Comparative Politics

Latin American Politics

American Hispanic Politics

American Government and Policy

Global Borders in Comparative Perspective

Seminar in International and Development Policy and Management (Graduate)

International and Comparative Public Policy and Management (Graduate)

United States-Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Relations (Graduate)

Public Policies in the Mexico-U.S. Border Region (Graduate)

U.S.-Mexico Border Policy (Graduate)

Education

1. New School for Social Research/The New School; New York, NY

Political Science Department

Ph.D. in Political Science; January 2010.

Major Field: Comparative Politics (passed Field Exam with Honors)

Minor Field: American Politics

Ph.D. Dissertation Title:

DEMOCRACY IN "TWO MEXICOS": Political Exclusion, Economic Exclusion, and (Un)civil Modes of Political Action in Oaxaca and Nuevo León

2. New School for Social Research/The New School; New York, NY

Political Science Department

M.Phil. in Political Science; January 2005.

M.A. in Political Science; May 2002.

Area of Specialization: Comparative Politics

3. Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA); Mexico City

Department of Economics

B.A. in Economics (Licenciatura en Economía); December 1997.

Area of Specialization: Macroeconomics (Field of interest: International Economics)

B.A. Thesis: “Desarrollo Financiero y Crecimiento Económico: Teoría y Evidencia Empírica para Países en Desarrollo” (Financial Development and Economic Growth: Theory and Empirical Evidence for Developing Countries)

Degree with honors: Honorific Mention (Mención Honorífica)

In the Media

Quoted and cited frequently in national and international news media on the topics of Mexican politics, U.S-Mexico relations, U.S.-Mexico border relations, and particularly on drug trafficking issues and drug violence in Mexico. Among these media sources are: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, El País, NPR, BBC World News, and C-SPAN Washington Journal.

Op. eds. and articles on current political and public policy issues in: Univision, Newsweek (in Spanish), Houston Chronicle (the Baker Institute Viewpoints series); Latin America Advisor (Inter-American Dialogue); the Association for Borderlands Studies newsletter La Frontera; Borderzine (University of Texas at El Paso), among others.