Symposium on the U.S.-Mexico Border and Issues of National Security
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Faculty Center
Downstairs Lounge
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Co-Organizers James W. Wilkie and José Z. García
Welcome: Randal Johnson, Director, Latin American Institute
Panel 1
José Z. García, Professor, New Mexico State University
David Shirk, Director Trans-Border Institute, University of San Diego
David Tanimoto, Professor, UABC, Analyst for Mexicali Channel 17
Panel 2
Ana María Salazar, Grupo Salazar and Former Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Drug Enforcement Policy and Support at Pentagon
Jorge Chabat, Professor CIDE and Iberoaméricana
Co-editor: Combating Organized Crime in Mexico: Mission [Im] Possible? (2003)
Sigrid Arzt, Secretaría Ténica del Gabinete de Seguridad
Professor, CIDE
Founder and Co-Director, Institute for Democracy, Human Rights and Security
Moderator: James W. Wilkie, Chair, UCLA Program on Mexico
Schedule: 1-5pm Conference in Downstairs Lounge
5:15-6 Reception
Cost: Free and open to the public
For more information please contact
Diliana Peregrina
Tel: (310)825-4571
dperegri@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/lac/
Sponsor(s): Latin American Institute, Center for Mexican Studies