Los Zetas

Anonymous vs. Los Zetas: The Revenge of the Hacktivists

Peter J. Munson — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:30:00 +0000

Anonymous vs. Los Zetas: The Revenge of the Hacktivists Peter J. Munson Thu, 06/27/2013 - 3:30am

The potential for this cyber war in the underworld to expand or to spill out into real world violence is high.

Why Mexico's Zetas Expanded Faster than their Rivals

Peter J. Munson — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:46:22 +0000

Why Mexico's Zetas Expanded Faster than their Rivals

"Why Mexico's Zetas Expanded Faster than their Rivals" by Steven Dudley and Viridiana Rios

Insight Crime Sunday 21 April 2013

The Zetas are not the only extremely violent, military-style criminal organization from Mexico. Yet, they are the only one that operates in 350 Mexican municipalities, as well as numerous others in Guatemala and Central America. Why have they been able to expand faster than their rivals?

Read it here.

Peter J. Munson Wed, 04/24/2013 - 3:46pm

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The Executioner's Men: Los Zetas

Peter J. Munson — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:27:42 +0000

The Executioner's Men: Los Zetas

El Centro Fellows George Grayson and Samuel Logan have published the new work The Executioner's Men: Los Zetas, Rogue Soldiers, Criminal Entrepreneurs, and the Shadow State They Created

A new generation of ruthless pragmatists carves a parallel state across Mexico and Central America. Most powerful among them is Los Zetas, ruled over by Heriberto Lazcano, known as The Executioner. Lazcano and his men have forced a tectonic shift among drug trafficking organizations in the Americas, forever altering how criminal business is conducted in the Western Hemisphere. This narrative brings an unprecedented level of detail in describing how Los Zetas became Mexico’s most diabolical criminal organization.

Peter J. Munson Fri, 04/06/2012 - 3:27pm

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