The COVID‐19 crisis provides a window of opportunity for organised crime organisations in Colombia and Mexico to exert social control in local communities through actions of solidarity and care rather than traditional violent coercion. This new dynamic is increasing the legitimacy, power and social capital of gangs and drug cartels, helping them to co‐opt civil society and the state to support their criminal operations. The pandemic also shows how poverty and inequality remain fundamental in shaping the building of the nation‐state in both countries, where criminals act as a de facto state even without the virus and, in many areas, effectively replace the state. The coronavirus is making visible the ways in which organised crime groups cultivate civil society's support in delivering the provision of governance, order and public health in a time of lockdown and quarantine, making local ‘narco‐gang’ governance profitable economically and politically.

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大流行时期的有组织犯罪治理：COVID-19对哥伦比亚和墨西哥的帮派和毒品卡特尔的影响

COVID-19危机为哥伦比亚和墨西哥的有组织犯罪组织提供了机会之窗，可以通过团结和关怀行动而不是传统的暴力胁迫在当地社区施加社会控制。这种新的动态正在增加帮派和毒品卡特尔的合法性，权力和社会资本，帮助他们选择民间社会和国家来支持其犯罪活动。这种流行病还表明，贫穷和不平等现象如何在塑造这两个国家的民族国家建设中依然至关重要，在那里，即使没有病毒，犯罪分子仍是事实上的国家，并且在许多地区有效地取代了该国家。冠状病毒使有组织犯罪集团如何培养公民社会在提供治理方面的支持的方式可见，