Scales and Geometries of Power of Drug Trafficking in the Brazilian Amazon

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to examine the power dynamics exerted by drug trafficking in Brazil’s Amazon region, highlighting above all the region’s role in the dynamics of the drug market, which has contributed to the expansion of criminal factions seeking control of the main routes. Therefore, the research methodology that gave rise to this article was based on reviewing the literature and analyzing reports resulting from investigations into the subject. In addition, over the last four years, fieldwork and interviews have been carried out with people who understand the phenomenon. The result of the research emphasizes the presence of consolidated or consolidating structures of organized crime, which motivates the expansion of violence related to disputes over the main routes used by illegal networks in the Amazon region.