Násilní nestátní aktéři a stírání hranic mezi organizovaným zločinem a terorismem: komparace Mexika a Kolumbie

In the Latin American region, the boundaries between organized crime and terrorism are increasingly blurred as a result of the globalization of illicit markets. The aim of this bachelor’s thesis is to analyze the process of hybridization of violent non-state actors through a comparative study of Mexico and Colombia. The thesis is designed as a qualitative comparative case study using the concept of the crime-terror nexus and the concept of violent non-state actors (VNSA). A key finding is that, although both cases are situated within the same region, they exhibit opposite trajectories of development. In Mexico, there is a shift from economically motivated groups towards the use of elements of political violence, whereas in Colombia originally ideologically motivated movements have become integrated into the illicit economy. The findings confirm that this convergence leads to the erosion or fragmentation of state sovereignty, which requires new security approaches that go beyond traditional analytical categories.