Monthly Archives: September 2009
Zetas/La Compania, Ndrangheta and the Nuclear Options
Rusting barrel of nuclear waste on sea bed. The security threats posed by Los Zetas/La Compania are in another realm now. Since May we’ve noted several times that the cartel is operating in 47 countries and that it has connections in … Continue reading
Filed under Blackmarkets-Nuclear, Books, Caribbean, Commercial Insurgency, Counternarcotics, Counterterrorism, Criminal, Drug Enforcement, Drug Trafficking, Drug War, Drug Wars, Europe, Free Market Capitalism, Government Fail, Homeland Security, Human trafficking, Italian Mafias, Italy, Latin America, Law Enforcement, Los Zetas, Media, Mexican Drug Cartels, Mexican Politics, Mexico, Money Laundering, Murder, Narcoguerra, Narcotraficantes, Organized Crime, Political Corruption, US ForeignPolicy, War on Drugs
Back to School Detention for Los Zetas
All summer fun finally comes to an end–for school boys and girls and gangsters alike. The first weeks in September brought some sober to Los Zetas/La Compañía’s intoxicating summer where the transnational narco cartel was seemingly on top of their … Continue reading
Filed under Argentina, Brazil, Counternarcotics, Criminal, Drug Enforcement, Drug Trafficking, Drug War, Drug Wars, Free Market Capitalism, Government Fail, Latin America, Law Enforcement, Los Zetas, Mexican Drug Cartels, Mexican Politics, Mexico, Narcoguerra, Narcotraficantes, Organized Crime, Political Corruption
Beyond Tamaulipas
(Credit: Symbiosis ) Earlier in the summer data from professor Edgardo Buscaglia and his research team at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México revealed that Mexican narco cartels have operations in 47 countries. Ten countries in Europe. Nine in Africa. … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Argentina, Asia, Commercial Insurgency, Counterfeit Documents, Counternarcotics, Counterterrorism, Credit Card Fruad, Criminal, Drug Enforcement, Drug Trafficking, Drug Wars, Europe, Free Market Capitalism, Latin America, Law Enforcement, Los Zetas, Mexican Drug Cartels, Money Laundering, Murder, Narcoguerra, Narcotraficantes, Organized Crime, War on Drugs
Bullets Fly into Brownsville
El Universal reporting last night that at about 2PM Friday a two-hour gun battle erupted between a Zetas/Golfo band and Mexican troops and police not far from International Bridge in downtown Matamoros–unconfirmed reports say two major leaders of Golfo cartel … Continue reading
