Guillermo Paxton's Blog - Posts Tagged "zetas"
The Zetas in Dallas/FTW Part One
Prostitution and human smuggling/trafficking are a multi-million dollar business for the Zetas and they rule the two in Dallas/FTW. Their reach is as far as China and Thailand as they have alliances with the mafias there as well. It only makes sense. They've been working together with opium and meth for several years, and the Zetas have a human smuggling ring that is complex and high-tech. They cross people illegally into the United States literally from all over the world using the same network they have had set up for smuggling Mexicans and South Americans for years, and at a much higher cost. Opium and ingredients for meth are openly traded for safe passage to the United States as well. Safe houses are set up al over the Dallas metro area, and massage parlors are used as housing as well as a place where girls can work off their debt to the cartels. The massage parlors are afforded protection by the Zetas as well, something I can attest to when they nearly caught me while taking pictures of some of the facilities. Part Two will go into some specifics of some of the parlors on Royal Ln in Dallas.
Fast and Furious weapons sold to the Sinaloa Cartel found in Colombia
Unless you were in a cave, you have heard about the Fast and Furious operation, supposedly designed to take down members of the Sinaloa Cartel. These weapons have been confiscated in relation to many executions since, and now are popping up in Colombia as well.
Many people think that Colombia is fairly safe from the drug war violence since it had seen the worst violence in the eighties, but the reality is that the Sinaloa Cartel has been working in said country for a few years now, and the violence has been escalating steadily.
It will be only a matter of time that the violence gets just as bad as in Mexico. It has already started. El Chapo's hunger to dominate the world's drug trading is insatiable. The Zetas have been working slowly towards Colombia, and have nearly taken over all the routes through Guatemala (notice that the US is sending Marines to Guatemala to help rid them of the Zetas).
Once again, all evidence points to a favoring of the Sinaloa Cartel. A botched operation leading to thousands of rounds of ammunition and hundreds of high-calibre weapons being sold and delivered to the Sinaloa Cartel, operations in Mexico and the United States targeting El Chapo's enemies, and very few arrests and seizures all point to the veracity of the Wikileaks information and what most Mexican people already suspected that the US and Mexican governments have assisted the Sinaloa Cartel in its rise to power. Their justification is that it would be easier to contain and eventually take down a single cartel, which in a world of pure numbers might have held water, but in the real world is naive and ignorant.
http://www.diario.com.mx/notas.php?f=...
Many people think that Colombia is fairly safe from the drug war violence since it had seen the worst violence in the eighties, but the reality is that the Sinaloa Cartel has been working in said country for a few years now, and the violence has been escalating steadily.
It will be only a matter of time that the violence gets just as bad as in Mexico. It has already started. El Chapo's hunger to dominate the world's drug trading is insatiable. The Zetas have been working slowly towards Colombia, and have nearly taken over all the routes through Guatemala (notice that the US is sending Marines to Guatemala to help rid them of the Zetas).
Once again, all evidence points to a favoring of the Sinaloa Cartel. A botched operation leading to thousands of rounds of ammunition and hundreds of high-calibre weapons being sold and delivered to the Sinaloa Cartel, operations in Mexico and the United States targeting El Chapo's enemies, and very few arrests and seizures all point to the veracity of the Wikileaks information and what most Mexican people already suspected that the US and Mexican governments have assisted the Sinaloa Cartel in its rise to power. Their justification is that it would be easier to contain and eventually take down a single cartel, which in a world of pure numbers might have held water, but in the real world is naive and ignorant.
http://www.diario.com.mx/notas.php?f=...
Corruption in Mexico's Prison System
Remember one of the world's richest men, El Chapo Guzman? Years ago he walked right out of prison and flew away in a helicopter never to be caught again.
And the recent "jailbreak" in Piedras Negras was even bigger when 136 prisoners walked right out the front door. Really, that's what several of the recently captured escapees said, and the evidence backs their statements up. The tunnel that the prison authorities said that the prisoners used was not even touched and was simply an excuse to cover up the prison guards' and administration's complicity.
And I know we all want to blame the prison faculty for their corruption. Ultimately, though, the blame needs to be shifted to the Mexican government's incapability to protect its people. There have been several cases, recently in Juarez and Chihuahua, where newly appointed prison guards and officials have been executed shortly after taking their posts simply because they would not bend to the mafia's terms. Imagine that you or your family were threatened by the Zetas if you did not do exactly what you were ordered to do and there was no one that could protect you. That is what these officials and guards had to deal with. I'm not excusing corruption, but the fact is that it is not as simple as just saying no to the mafia and reporting it.
The USA Today article has an article on it, but they are a bit behind and still have the tunnel escape listed as they way the escapees left the prison.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/st...
And the recent "jailbreak" in Piedras Negras was even bigger when 136 prisoners walked right out the front door. Really, that's what several of the recently captured escapees said, and the evidence backs their statements up. The tunnel that the prison authorities said that the prisoners used was not even touched and was simply an excuse to cover up the prison guards' and administration's complicity.
And I know we all want to blame the prison faculty for their corruption. Ultimately, though, the blame needs to be shifted to the Mexican government's incapability to protect its people. There have been several cases, recently in Juarez and Chihuahua, where newly appointed prison guards and officials have been executed shortly after taking their posts simply because they would not bend to the mafia's terms. Imagine that you or your family were threatened by the Zetas if you did not do exactly what you were ordered to do and there was no one that could protect you. That is what these officials and guards had to deal with. I'm not excusing corruption, but the fact is that it is not as simple as just saying no to the mafia and reporting it.
The USA Today article has an article on it, but they are a bit behind and still have the tunnel escape listed as they way the escapees left the prison.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/st...
Why the violence has subsided in Juarez
The Mexican government did not “clean up” the state of Chihuahua and Juarez like they would have everyone believe. There is no treaty between the Sinaloa Cartel and the Juarez/Zeta alliance. The constant fighting with no real definitive winner led to a kind of stalemate. The result is a divided Juarez, and Chihuahua, parts belonging to one or the other cartel, and occasionally someone crosses the line. The police force is also sharply divided, the Juarez Cartel still largely in control of the traffic police and part of the municipal force, the Sinaloa Cartel owning the Federales and part of the state police. Within Chihuahua there are several smaller municipalities where the territories are still unclear and they continue to have skirmishes between the two cartels. We have yet to see the end to the violence.
