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Caribbean-Latin America |
More Mexican Mayhem |
2010-11-16 |
9 Die in Chihuahua A total of nine individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in the Mexican state of Chihuahua including three employees of the city of Juarez.
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Posted by:badanov |
#5 So it is basically one criminal gang (La Familiar) appealing to another (MexGov) for protection. I wonder what they threw in to sweeten the pot...er, enhance the deal? |
Posted by: SteveS 2010-11-16 21:13 |
#4 La Familia is the weakest of the west coast cartels, Beltran-Leyva, Sinaloa, Pacifico Sur, and Pacifico. La Familia probably have information that as soon as matters are "settled" in Tijuana, Sinaloa or Beltran-Leyva (through their subgroup Los Zetas) will probably go after La Familia. The request, if authentic, will likely be ignored by Mexico City. Why waste resources protecting a former criminal organization when their rivals will probably wipe them out anyway? That's my guess, FWIW. |
Posted by: badanov 2010-11-16 20:41 |
#3 When Badanov sees this I believe we will be given some information. Janes would provide the complete information but they want money to do that. http://jiwk.janes.com |
Posted by: Dale 2010-11-16 19:02 |
#2 Why would they offer to disband, Dale, when they seem to be winning? |
Posted by: trailing wife 2010-11-16 18:15 |
#1 This was in Janes today. Thought it may be of interest. Jane's Intelligence Weekly Subscribe "Mexican drug cartel offers to disband 'La Familia Michoacana', one of Mexico's most violent drug and organised crime syndicates, offered for a second time to disband in return for a promise from the federal government to guarantee security and protect citizens in the western Pacific seaboard state of Michoacán, the group's home turf. If the government accepted this public commitment and complied with it, the group would dissolve, a communiqué distributed in the municipality of Zitácuaro claimed ". |
Posted by: Dale 2010-11-16 18:12 |