TAMIU’s IBC Bank and Commerce Bank 2025–2026 Keynote Speaker Series Features Dr. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera Nov. 12
Texas A&M International University’s (TAMIU) IBC Bank and Commerce Bank 2025–2026 Keynote Speaker Series will feature Dr. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government and co-director of the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) at George Mason University, presenting her lecture “U.S.–México Border Security Risks Today: A ‘New Generation’ of Criminal Networks.”
The lecture is Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. in the TAMIU Student Center Ballroom (STC 203). Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Correa-Cabrera’s presentation will address general trends in organized crime in México and the main security risks at the U.S.–México borderlands today. She will also examine hemispheric-level risks and a new generation of criminal networks whose characteristics are driving militarization on both sides of the border.
An internationally recognized expert on border studies, U.S.–México relations, and illicit networks, Correa-Cabrera has authored several books, including "Los Zetas Inc.: Criminal Corporations, Energy, and Civil War in México" (2017; Spanish edition 2018), "Democracy in 'Two Méxicos': Political Institutions in Oaxaca and Nuevo León" (2013), and "Frontera: A Journey across the U.S.–México Border" (co-authored with Sergio Chapa, 2024).
Her recent Spanish-language books include "Las Cinco Vidas de Genaro García Luna" (The Five Lives of Genaro García Luna) and "La Guerra Improvisada: Los Años de Calderón y sus Consecuencias" (The Improvised War: Calderón’s Years and Consequences) (both co-authored with Tony Payan and published in 2021).
Correa-Cabrera is co-editor of International Studies Perspectives (Oxford University Press) and past president of the Association for Borderlands Studies. She has served as principal investigator for a U.S. Department of State-funded study on organized crime and trafficking in persons in Central America and México’s eastern migration routes.
A former Fulbright U.S. Scholar in México and visiting scholar at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, she is currently a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College (Fall 2025).
The lecture will also be broadcast live via Microsoft Teams. To view online, visit https://go.tamiu.edu/correa.
For additional information, contact the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade at 956.326.2820, email cswht@tamiu.edu, or visit www.tamiu.edu/cswht.
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