The Evolution of Los Zetas in Mexico and Central America: Sadism as an Instrument of Cartel Warfare
Autor George W. Grayson Editat de Strategic Studies Institute (U.S.) Army War College (U.S.)en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 ian 2015 – vârsta de la 16 ani
Los Zetas, which appeared on the scene in the late-1990s, have raised the bar for cruelty among Mexican Mafiosi embellished by their social media’s dissemination of beheadings, castrations, and unspeakable torture. Briefly speaking, Los Zetas have rewritten the rules of the game to the point that anything goes. Regrettably, other syndicates like the La Familia Michoacán, the Knights Templars, and even the Sinaloa Cartel have copied some of their abominations, giving rise to what the author calls the “Zetanization” of Mexico’s ineffective drug war. The author argues that the concerted use of sadism has advanced the agenda of a relatively small fist of cutthroats who, despite the elimination of key chiefs, have penetrated a score of Mexican states, inflicted their hideous brand of warfare on Central America, and managed to control Nuevo Laredo, the largest commercial portal joining Mexico to its northern neighbor.
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ISBN-13: 9781584876113
ISBN-10: 1584876115
Pagini: 100
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: United States Dept. of Defense
Colecția Department of the Army
ISBN-10: 1584876115
Pagini: 100
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: United States Dept. of Defense
Colecția Department of the Army
Notă biografică
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
GEORGE W. GRAYSON is the Class of 1938 Professor of Government Emeritus at the College of William & Mary, and has made more than 200 research trips to Latin America. In addition, he is a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, an associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, a board member at the Center for Immigration Studies, a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and a frequent lecturer at the at the U.S. Department of State. He has served as an official observer at six Mexican presidential and gubernatorial elections. He served in the Virginia state legislature for 27 years. He comments frequently on National Public Radio and its affiliated stations. Besides preparing two dozen books and monographs for Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Grayson has authored The Cartels: the Story of Mexico’s Most Dangerous Criminal Organizations and Their Impact on U.S. Security (Praeger, 2013); The Impact of President Felipe Calderón’s War on Drugs on the Armed Forces: The Prospects for Mexico’s “Militarization” and Bilateral Relations (Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2012); The Executioner’s Men: Inside Los Zetas, Rouge Soldiers, Criminal Entrepreneurs, and the Shadow State They Created (co-authored with Sam Logan, Transaction Publishers, 2012); Threat Posed by Mounting Vigilantism in Mexico (Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2011); La Familia Drug Cartel: Implications for U.S.-Mexican Security (Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2010); Mexico: Narco-Violence and a Failed State? (Transaction Publishers, 2010); Mexico’s Struggle With Drugs and Thugs (Foreign Policy Association, 2009); Mexican Messiah:Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Penn State University Press, 2007); Mesías Mexicano (Random House-Mondadori, 2006); Mexico: the Changing of the Guard (Foreign Policy Association, 2001); Strange Bedfellows: NATO Marches East (University Press of America, 1999); Mexico: From Corporatism to Pluralism? (Harcourt Brace, 1998); Oil and Mexican Foreign Policy (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988); The North American Free Trade Agreement: Regional Community and the New World Order (University Press of America, The Miller Center, University of Virginia, 1995); The United States and Mexico: Patterns of Influence (Praeger, 1984); and The Politics of Mexican Oil (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1980).
His articles have appeared in the Commonwealh Magazine, Harvard International Review, ForeignPolicy.com, Foreign Policy, Orbis, World Affairs, The Baltimore Sun, The Christian Science Monitor, the Houston Chronicle, The Globe and Mail, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Reforma (Mexico City), U-T San Diego, The Washington Post,The Washington Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
Dr. Grayson holds a Juris Doctorate from the College of William & Mary and a Ph.D. from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns
His articles have appeared in the Commonwealh Magazine, Harvard International Review, ForeignPolicy.com, Foreign Policy, Orbis, World Affairs, The Baltimore Sun, The Christian Science Monitor, the Houston Chronicle, The Globe and Mail, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Reforma (Mexico City), U-T San Diego, The Washington Post,The Washington Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
Dr. Grayson holds a Juris Doctorate from the College of William & Mary and a Ph.D. from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns
Hopkins University.
Descriere
Los Zetas, which appeared on the scene in the late-1990s, have raised the bar for cruelty among Mexican Mafiosi embellished by their social media’s dissemination of beheadings, castrations, and unspeakable torture. Briefly speaking, Los Zetas have rewritten the rules of the game to the point that anything goes. Regrettably, other syndicates like the La Familia Michoacán, the Knights Templars, and even the Sinaloa Cartel have copied some of their abominations, giving rise to what the author calls the “Zetanization” of Mexico’s ineffective drug war. The author argues that the concerted use of sadism has advanced the agenda of a relatively small fist of cutthroats who, despite the elimination of key chiefs, have penetrated a score of Mexican states, inflicted their hideous brand of warfare on Central America, and managed to control Nuevo Laredo, the largest commercial portal joining Mexico to its northern neighbor.
This book will appeal to scholars and professionals interested in a National Security strategy, and the policy community (including lawmakers). Students and historians performing research on Mexico's drug cartels will find this content a worthy resource.
This book will appeal to scholars and professionals interested in a National Security strategy, and the policy community (including lawmakers). Students and historians performing research on Mexico's drug cartels will find this content a worthy resource.