The present analysis demonstrates that several groups, both national and foreign/transnational, have benefited directly or indirectly from Mexico’s current conflict involving the Zetas, similar TCOs, and the Mexican government. Among these groups are arms-producing companies; the international banking system (due to the billions of dollars that are laundered daily in the major banks of the world); the US border economy; the US border security/military-industrial complex; and several forms of corporate capital, particularly international oil and gas companies.
