Francisco García is an associate analyst in the Global Risk Analysis practice of Control Risks’ Mexico City office. He has a background in corruption and security studies and conducts analyses of organized crime and political stability-related trends in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. García is a regular contributor to Control Risks’ online subscription services and has conducted on-the-ground analysis for a variety of multinational clients. Prior to joining Control Risks, he worked as a lecturer in international relations, Mexican politics, and 20th century history at the Mexico City campus of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM). Francisco previously worked as a researcher at ITESM’s School of Government and Public Transformation and at Mexico’s Supreme Audit Institution, where he focused on corruption and its related regulatory developments across Latin America. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations and a master’s in public policy, both from ITESM.