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Author Grayson, George W., 1938-2015 author.

Title The evolution of Los Zetas in Mexico and Central America : sadism as an instrument of cartel warfare / George W. Grayson.

Publication Info. Carlisle Barracks, PA : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, 2014.

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 Axe Federal Documents Online  D 101.146:L 89    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (xii, 86 pages) : maps
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
text file PDF rda
Note "April 2014."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-69).
Contents Introduction -- Branding -- Diversification -- Maximizing extortion and ransom payments -- Gaining notoriety -- Situational alliances -- Esprit de corps -- Success in recruiting and promoting new cadres -- Discouraging desertions -- Cost effectiveness -- Female killers.
Summary The United States has diplomatic relations with 194 independent nations. Of these, none is more important to America than Mexico in terms of trade, investment, tourism, natural resources, migration, energy, and security. In recent years, narco-violence has afflicted Mexico with more than 50,000 drug-related murders since 2007 and some 26,000 men, women, and children missing. President Enrique Peņa Nieto has tried to divert national attention from the bloodshed through reforms in energy, education, anti-hunger, health-care, and other areas. Even though the death rate has declined since the chief executive took office on December 1, 2012, other crimes continue to plague his nation. Members of the business community report continual extortion demands; the national oil company PEMEX suffers widespread theft of oil, gas, explosives, and solvents (with which to prepare methamphetamines); hundreds of Central American migrants have shown up in mass graves; and the public identifies the police with corruption and villainy. Washington policymakers, who overwhelmingly concentrate on Asia and the Mideast, would be well-advised to focus on the acute dangers that lie principally below the Rio Grande, but whose deadly avatars are spilling into our nation.
Note Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SSI, viewed April 29, 2014).
Subject Zetas (Drug cartel)
Zetas (Drug cartel) (OCoLC)fst01918471
Cartels -- Mexico.
Drug traffic -- Mexico.
Organized crime -- Mexico.
Cartels. (OCoLC)fst00847991
Drug traffic. (OCoLC)fst00898722
Organized crime. (OCoLC)fst01047884
Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
Genre/Form Ebook.
Added Author Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, publisher.
Army War College (U.S.). Press, publisher.
Other Form: Print version: Grayson, George W., 1938- Evolution of Los Zetas in Mexico and Central America 9781584876113 (OCoLC)879684734
ISBN 1584876115
9781584876113
Standard No. NLGGC 375274138
Gpo Item No. 0307-A-31 (online)
Sudoc No. D 101.146:L 89

 
    
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