by Robert Beckhusen | Nov 30, 2012 | Monitor
It can be a little deceiving to think of Mexico’s drug cartels as simply gangsters. Instead, they’ve blurred the distinctions between organized crime and quasi-military insurgents, with plenty of firepower to back it up.
by Robert Beckhusen | Oct 26, 2012 | Monitor
Alleged members of Los Zetas presented to media by the Mexican marines on Oct. 24. Photo: SEMAR When Mexican marines killed the leader of the Zetas earlier this month, they killed the only person capable of holding Mexico’s most dangerous cartel together. But...
by Robert Beckhusen | Oct 9, 2012 | Monitor
Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, the former Mexican army commando turned cartel assassin and one of the world’s most powerful drug lords, has been identified as one of two men killed in a shootout, according to the Mexican military. But now Lazcano’s body has...
by Robert Beckhusen | Sep 27, 2012 | Monitor
The Mexican marines just took down an infamous capo for Mexico’s most brutal cartel. But they may have accidentally cleared the decks for an even more vicious one to take his place. Ivan Velazquez Caballero, known by the alarming name “El Taliban”...
by Robert Beckhusen | Aug 31, 2012 | Monitor
<< Previous | Next >> The violence in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon began Tuesday morning and continued into Wednesday. By the end, 30 bodies had turned up around the state with bullet wounds or had been dismembered. The cause was attributed to a...