Drug gangs as political parties
If the drug cartels are political forces, perhaps as comparativists, we ought to watch them as we watch political parties.Zetas are Mexico's 'largest drug gang', study says
The Zetas cartel has become the biggest drug gang in Mexico, overtaking its bitter rival, the Sinaloa cartel, a new report suggests.
The report by US security firm Stratfor says the Zetas now operate in more than half of all Mexican states.
Stratfor says the Zetas' brutal violence seems to have given the gang an advantage over the Sinaloa cartel, which prefers to bribe people…
According to the study, most smaller drug gangs have been subsumed by either the Zetas or the Sinaloa cartel, turning the two groups into the predominant criminal forces in Mexico.
The Zetas control much of eastern Mexico, while the Sinaloa cartel has its stronghold in the west of the country.
The authors also… say that the Zetas whose leadership is composed of ex-special operations soldiers, resort to extreme violence.
The Sinaloa cartel, although also ruthless, prefers to bribe and corrupt people, as well as providing intelligence on rivals to the authorities…
Mexico strikes Sinaloa cartel as Cabrera Sarabria shot
The Mexican security forces have arrested 11 alleged members of the country's most powerful drug gang, the Sinaloa cartel…
They were arrested during a helicopter raid on a ranch in the north-western state of Durango on Friday.
During the raid, elite troops killed the regional leader of the gang, Luis Alberto Cabrera Sarabia…
The Sinaloa cartel controls much of the flow of cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamines into the United States via air, land and sea, and is believed to have links in as many as 50 countries…
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Labels: Mexico, politics, rule-of-law
posted by Ken Wedding @ 7:57 AM
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