Research

Book Project

Criminal Conglomerates: How Drug Cartels Diversify and Capture the State in Latin America
- Book manuscript workshop held in May 2025

Publications

2026

The Transformation of Mexican Cartels and Violence Against State Officials
Journal of Peace Research (forthcoming)
Marco Alcocer · Megan Erickson

2025

Criminal Conflicts and the Killing of Law Enforcement Officers in Mexico
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Marco Alcocer

2025

Female Politicians and Violence Against Women: Evidence from Mexico
Political Science Research and Methods
Marco Alcocer · Rachel Skillman · Angie Torres-Beltran
In the media: Nexos

2024

Increasing Intergovernmental Coordination to Fight Crime: Evidence from a Police Reform in Mexico
Political Science Research and Methods
Marco Alcocer

2024

Supplemental online resources improve data literacy education: Evidence from a social science methods course
PLOS ONE
Marco Alcocer · Leonardo Falabella · Alexandra Lange · Nicholas Smith · Maureen Feeley

2023

Integrating Potential Outcomes and Causal Mechanisms to Guide Multi-Method Research
Qualitative & Multimethod Research
Marco Alcocer

2021

Mapping Criminal Organizations in Mexico: State Panel 2007-2015
PLOS ONE
Patrick Signoret · Marco Alcocer · Cecilia Farfan-Mendez · Fernanda Sobrino
In the media: El Financiero, Mexico Today (by Reforma), IMER Noticias, Al Calor Politico, Cuestione

Public-Facing

Docu

Mexico: War of the drug cartels
DW Documentary: English, Spanish. ARTE TV (Europe): German/French

Op-ed

¿Las mujeres políticas reducen la violencia contra las mujeres?
Nexos

Interview

Fentanyl Network "El Mencho" (in Polish)
Do Rzeczy

Podcast

Episode 10: Looking Across the Southern Border - Drug Wars and Politics in Mexico
World Discord Podcast

Ongoing Projects

R&R

Queenpins: Women Leaders and Violence in Organized Crime
Marco Alcocer · Fernanda Quintanilla Domínguez

R&R

Border Externalization and Migrant Welfare in Transit
Elena Barham · Marco Alcocer

Under Review

Border Externalization and Violence Along Migration Routes: Evidence from Remain in Mexico
Elena Barham · Marco Alcocer
Pre-print here

Under Review

Criminal Fragmentation: The Logic of Splintering in Organized Crime
Marco Alcocer · Lucía Hesles Toscana

Working Paper

Drug Wars, Organized Crime Expansion, and State Capture in Mexico. (New version coming soon)
Marco Alcocer

Working Paper

Disguised Vigilantes: Civilian Uprisings and Strategic Fragmentation in Organized Crime
Renatta Salinas Delgado · Marco Alcocer · Megan Erickson

Work in Progress

Music, Organized Crime, and Government Censorship: The Case of Narcocorridos in Mexico
Marco Alcocer · Isabel Laterzo-Tingley