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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Mexico: Cartels Team Up To Destroy Los Zetas

   You know, on the flip side I guess this should be good news that the cartels are killing each other.  But the violence impacts the locals, and the police and army get in the way and they get killed too. And eventually someone takes the top position of the heap, and imposes their will on the population.  It will be interesting to see what cartel wins in this exchange, and it would be a fascinating study to find out what was the strategy involved.  This kind of cartel/gang warfare, is really free market warfare. It is also hybrid warfare, because these guys are using military hardware and tactics–complete with grenade launchers, assault rifles, and IED’s.

   The cartels contract their hit men or contract killer companies, and they all fight each other with no limitations on strategy or tactics. That is interesting, because in that kind of environment, innovation can really flourish.  If chopping someone’s head off makes strategic sense, they do it. Putting a price on the head of their enemies, and turning it into a sustainable industry makes sense to them.   So this kind of cartel/private warfare is interesting to watch.

   The question I have is when the dust clears, will we see a cartel that rises to the top that has the kind of capability that not only can destroy their competitors, but can take on the government and all of it’s forces?  For the sake of Mexico and the world, I hope not. –Matt

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Mexico: Cartels team up to destroy hit men gang

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ

Apr 12, 2010

MEXICO CITY — Two Mexican drug cartels have joined forces to destroy a feared gang of hit men along the border with Texas, a shift in allegiances that is fueling drug-war violence, federal police said Monday.

Intelligence reports indicate the Gulf and La Familia cartels — formerly bitter rivals — have formed an alliance to fight the Zetas gang in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas, said Ramon Pequeno, the head of the anti-narcotics division of Mexico’s federal police.

It was the first official confirmation of the alliance, which has been rumored since banners appeared throughout the region announcing the pact and warning residents not to leave their homes, saying the conflict would get worse. E-mails were also sent with the same message.

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Monday, September 14, 2009

Cool Stuff: DEA FAST Teams in Afghanistan

Filed under: Afghanistan,Law Enforcement,Video — Tags: , , , , , — Matt @ 11:32 PM

Monday, June 8, 2009

Mexico: Shootout Kills 16 in Mexico’s Acapulco Resort

Filed under: Crime,Mexico,Video — Tags: , , , , — Matt @ 11:30 AM

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Afghanistan: Coalition Forces Seize Single-Largest Drug Cache to Date, Kill Dozens of Militants in Helmand

The combined total in illicit narcotics seized since operations began three days ago stands at 92,271 kilograms, including 16,850 kilograms of black tar opium, 38 kilograms of processed morphine, 201 kilograms of processed heroin, 182 kilograms of hashish and 75,000 kilograms of poppy seeds. 

    Now that is a haul.  Bravo to those who were involved with this one and way to stick it to them. The other part of this story that caught my eye was the multipurpose suicide/ammunition vests they captured.  So let me get this straight, the booger eaters actually have manufacturers making dual purpose vests for the jihadist? That is funny.

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     “If you buy our Jihad Tactical DP-AF Vest™ now, we will throw in a free pair of 5.11 socks .  If your order is larger than 1000 Afghani’s, the shipping is free!”  lol-Matt

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5.11 socks

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Afghan, Coalition forces seize single-largest drug cache to date, kill dozens of militants in Helmand

DATE POSTED: MAY 22, 2009

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Courtesy of CJSOTF-A Public Affairs, May 22, 2009) – Afghan National Army Commandos of the 205th Corps assisted by Coalition forces killed 47 militants and seized the single-largest drug cache by international forces in Afghanistan to date during ongoing operations in the city of Marjeh, Nad Ali district, Helmand province, in the past three days.

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Friday, April 3, 2009

Bounties: Two Major Drug Cartel Leaders Have Been Captured

Filed under: Bounties,Mexico — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Matt @ 9:06 PM

   Awesome news, and strike two booger eaters off the bounty list. Good on the guys down south for taking them down. –Matt

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Drug war strikes blow to Mexican economy in crisis

Apr 2, 2009

02 Apr 2009MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican police have captured a leading drug baron from the border city of Ciudad Juarez, the country’s most violent town in a turf war that killed 6,300 people last year.

Vicente Carrillo Leyva, a leader of the Juarez cartel, was seized while exercising in a park in an upscale residential district of Mexico City, police said on Thursday.

The Juarez cartel is locked in a bitter war with traffickers from the state of Sinaloa for control of smuggling routes into Texas. The fighting forced the government to send 5,000 extra troops into Ciudad Juarez last month.

Carrillo Leyva is the son of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, a late drug lord who flew jetliners full of cocaine into Mexico in the 1990s and was known as ‘Lord of the Skies’.

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