People

19 historical figures and scholars

region:

Anabel Hernández

Investigative journalist, author
Mexican
journalismcartelsSinaloa Cartel

Arturo Guzmán Decena (Z-1)

GAFE deserter, co-founder of Los Zetas 1976–2002
Mexican
GAFEcartelsmilitary

Benjamin T. Smith

Historian, Professor of Latin American History at University of Warwick
British
drug historyscholarshipreligionjournalismCatholicism

Carlos H. Waisman

Sociologist, Professor Emeritus at UC San Diego
Argentine-American
UCSDCILASdemocratizationpolitical sociologyscholarship

David A. Shirk

Political scientist, USD professor, director of Justice in Mexico
American
USDborder studiessecurityscholarship

Eduardo Galeano

Writer, journalist 1940–2015
Uruguayan
literaturejournalismanti-imperialism

Eric Michael Schantz

Historian, scholar of US-Mexico border history
American
border studiessocial history

Eric Van Young

Historian, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UC San Diego 1946–2024
American
UCSDcolonial MexicohaciendasMexican independencescholarship

Everard Meade

Historian, TBI director (2014–), USD professor
American
USDmigrationasylumhuman rights

Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano (Z-3, "El Lazca")

GAFE deserter, Los Zetas supreme leader 1974–2012
Mexican
GAFEcartelsmilitary

Ioan Grillo

Journalist, author
British
journalismcartelsorganized crime

Jorge Eliécer Gaitán

Politician, populist leader, lawyer 1903–1948
Colombian
populismassassinationLiberal Party

Michael Monteón

Historian, Professor Emeritus at UC San Diego
American
UCSDpolitical economylabor historyscholarship

Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo

Drug trafficker, founder of the Guadalajara Cartel 1946–
Mexican
cartelsGuadalajara Cartelorganized crime

Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales (Z-40)

Los Zetas leader after Lazcano 1973–
Mexican
cartelsorganized crime

Octavio Rodriguez Ferreira

Executive Director, Justice in Mexico (USD)
Mexican
USDorganized crimejustice reformscholarship

Osiel Cárdenas Guillén

Drug trafficker, Gulf Cartel leader 1967–
Mexican
cartelsGulf Cartelorganized crime

Peter H. Smith

Political scientist, Simon Bolívar Professor of Latin American Studies at UC San Diego 1940–
American
UCSDCILASpolitical sciencescholarshipUS-Latin America relations

Raúl Prebisch

Economist, first Secretary-General of UNCTAD 1901–1986
Argentine
ECLACstructuralismdevelopment economics