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Nathan Jones

Drug policy and Mexico studies scholar at Rice University's Baker Institute

Nathan Jones is a nonresident scholar in drug policy and Mexico studies at Rice University's Baker Institute and assistant professor of security studies at Sam Houston State University. His research focuses on drug violence in Mexico. Jones has published with numerous think tanks, including the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Center for Strategic and International Studies and InSight Crime.

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Law and Order

Arrest of Mexican kingpin "El Chapo" won't slow Texas drug trade

By Gary Hale, Tony Payan and Nathan Jones, Jan. 29, 2016

Until Mexico develops a new law enforcement model to combat the drug cartels, the arrest of drug kingpins such as Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán will make little to no difference to drug trafficking in Texas and across the United States.