Introduction : beyond the drug war : the United States, the public sphere and human rights / Wil G. Pansters, Benjamin T. Smith and Peter Watt
Securitization, militarization and human rights
US pressure and Mexican anti-drugs efforts from 1940 to 1980 : importing the war on drugs? / Carlos A. Pérez Ricart
Mexico: a humanitarian crisis in the making / Mónica Serrano
Effects of militarization in the name of counter-narcotics efforts and consequences for human rights in Mexico / Laura Carlsen
The public sphere and the press under siege
Violence, co-optation and corruption : risks for the exercise of journalism and freedom of expression in Mexico / Armando Rodríguez Luna
State of denial : crime reporting and political communication in Sonora / Víctor Hugo Reyna García
Social movements in support of the victims : human rights and digital communications / Rupert Knox
Justice and reconciliation from below
Beyond disorder and the constitution : thinking about the law in regions of violence (the case of Cherán) / Erika Bárcena Arévalo and Orlando Aragón Andrade
Combing history against the grain : the search for truth amongst Mexico's hidden graves / Carolina Robledo Silvestre.