Title: México, río revuelto
Description: Reviews, expands upon and offers new interpretations of assassination of PRI presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio in 1994. Combines psychological and sociological interpretation to pin blame on system that directly or indirectly motivated "madness" of assassin convicted of crime. This is reworked version of author's 2007 doctoral thesis incorporating up-to-date information on case along with careful study of mutation of Mexican state and social relations that accompanied launch of war on drugs.
Subjects: Assassination, Psychological aspects, Political crimes and offenses, Crime, Politics and government, Political psychology
Places: Mexico
People: Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta
Time periods: 1988-2000