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CORDER TAPIA, Alejandro  e  RUIZ TAGLE, Viena. Infracciones penales en espacios transfronterizos: El narcotráfico en la provincia del Tamarugal, Chile. Estud. front [online]. 2013, vol.14, n.27, pp.31-63. ISSN 2395-9134.

This research addresses the drug trade in Tamarugal Province for the years 2003 to 2010, through an analysis of crime statistics from the police (Chilean Carabineros and Police Investigations Unit), and penal system institutions (National Prison Service and the Office of the Prosecutor). The analysis of the drug trade situates the drug trafficking issue in the international context of globalization and in a border area emergency that does not necessarily correspond to the traditional definition of the nation state. The research proposes to situate this issue of criminal offence in the context of the international legal order, focusing on the specific characteristics of the Tarapacá region and its condition as a trans border territory. It also proposes to situate this issue in a regional context, as well as in terms of the efforts of the international order to control illegal trafficking of drugs.

Palavras-chave : drug trade; drugs; border; criminal networks; Tarapacá.