Mexican Drug Cartels
Drug cartels are criminal organizations developed with the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations. They range from loosely-managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial enterprises.
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LinksMexico's Drug Cartels - CRS Report for Congress 2008 update
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/105184.pdf
Although Mexican drug cartels, or drug trafficking organizations, have existed
for quite some time, they have become more powerful since the demise of
Colombia's Cali and Medellín cartels in the 1990s. Mexican drug cartels now
dominate the wholesale illicit drug market in the United States.
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Mexico's Drug Cartels - CRS Report for Congress 2007
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34215.pdf
Although Mexican drug cartels, or drug trafficking organizations, have existed
for quite some time, they have become more powerful since the demise of
Colombia's Cali and Medellín cartels in the 1990s. Mexican drug cartels now
dominate the wholesale illicit drug market in the United States.
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Mexico Is Becoming the Next Colombia
http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/fpb87.pdf
Mexico is a major source of heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine for the U.S.
market as well as the principal transit and distribution point for cocaine coming in from South America. For years, people both inside and outside Mexico have worried that the country might descend into the maelstrom of corruption and violence that has long plagued the chief drug-source country in the Western Hemisphere, Colombia. There are growing signs that the “Colombianization” of Mexico is now becoming a reality.
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Mexico, Drug Cartels, and the Merida Initiative: A Fight We Cannot Afford to Lose
http://www.heritage.org/research/LatinAmerica/upload/bg_2163.pdf
The Bush Administration’s Merida Initiative—a three-year, $1.5 billion anti-drug assistance package for Mexico and Central America—is a quantitative and qualitative
jump in support for the drug fight in the region. Unlike Plan Colombia, which helped to rescue Colombia from the throes of a narco-war, the Merida Initiative will provide assistance in equipment, technology, and training without a significant U.S. military footprint in Mexico. President George W. Bush signed the Merida Initiative into law as part of the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008 on June 30, 2008.
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MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS: Government Progress and Growing Violence Dec. 11, 2008
http://web.stratfor.com/images/MEXICAN%20Cartels%202008.pdf
Mexico’s war against drug cartels continues. What began nearly two years ago with President Felipe Calderon’s inauguration has since escalated in nearly every way possible. The past 12 months, in particular, have seen some significant developments as a result of Calderon’s campaign. Weapons and drugs have been seized, key members of drug cartels have been arrested and greater cooperation has been established between Mexico and the United States. Despite the genuine hurdles presented by Mexico’s bureaucratic infighting and rampant corruption, there is simply no denying that the government has disrupted the cartels’ operations in meaningful ways.
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Combating the Mexican Cartels: Targeting the Money
http://www.world-check.com/media/d/content_experttalk_reference/ExpertTalk_Jul09.pdf
To combat the growing violence associated with Mexican narcotics cartels, governments are taking more aggressive measures to stem the flow of illicit money. Increased policing on the border has resulted in a clampdown on bulk cash smuggling, the favourite way to move narcotics money from the US to Mexico. This may influence narcotics cartels to use more sophisticated money laundering tactics that involve the formal financial system. This development coincides with stricter legislation pertaining to anti-money laundering laws and regulatory oversight that targets narcotics syndicates. Therefore banks and other financial institutions should anticipate greater government scrutiny on this issue and ensure that their compliance programs and systems are in place to adequately manage the impending risk.
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Calderon's plan for Mexico and the Evolution of Mexican Organized Crime
http://www.samuellogan.com/publications/Calderon-Plan-for-Mexico.pdf
“Plan Mexico” is a term circulated behind closed doors in Mexico City and Washington. Both the Bush and Calderón administrations will admit closer cooperation between the two countries is necessary to defeat the undeniable power of Mexican organized crime, a power that is in large part fuelled by US drug demand.
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U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT STATEMENT OF MARCY M. FORMAN DIRECTOR OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS
http://www.ice.gov/doclib/pi/news/testimonies/060301homeland.pdf
Chairman Cornyn, Chairman Kyl, Ranking Members Kennedy and Feinstein, and distinguished Members of these subcommittees: It is an honor for me to appear before you today to share U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE’s) latest assessment of the criminal threat and vulnerabilities along the southern border.
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JUSTICE IN MEXICO TRANS-BORDER INSTITUTE, USD News Report October 2007
http://www.justiceinmexico.org/news/pdf/justiceinmexico-october2007news-report.pdf
On an average weekly basis cartel-related slayings remained below the highs they reached last spring, yet law enforcement personnel continued to figure prominently among the slain. Meanwhile U.S. and Mexican officials maintained they were in final negotiations for a wide-ranging military aid package, and Mexican authorities
were mum on a report that a top Gulf cartel enforcer had been killed. In Congress the criminal justice reform debate continued, while a number of states began implementing recently approved criminal-code reforms of their own. On the accountability front opposition politicians vowed to investigate embezzlement accusations against ex-Pres. Vicente Fox, yet no committee appeared to be formally convened. In other developments authorities announced the arrest of a major drug “queen”pin known as “La Reina del Pacífico,” and rebels took credit for bombing more natural gas pipelines, this time in Veracruz state.
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security STATEMENT OF WILLIAM REID ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
http://www.ice.gov/doclib/pi/news/testimonies/051117reid.pdf
STATEMENT OF WILLIAM REID ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY REGARDING A HEARING ON “SECURITY AND SAFETY OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS LIVING ALONG THE MEXICAN/UNITED STATES BORDER” BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY AND CLAIMS SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIME, TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY Thursday, November 17, 2005 @ 10:00 am 2141 Rayburn House Office Building
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SECURITY ASSESMENT OF MEXICO JULY 2006
http://www.claytonconsultants.com/en/assets/pdf/articles/Security-Assessment-MX.pdf
Incidents of random crime and kidnapping for ransom in Mexico as a whole and Mexico
City and the U.S. / Mexico border in particular is extremely high. This assessment
focuses on identifying the risks, providing guidance on how not to become a victim as
well as setting forth recommendations on how to react should you become a target or
victim of criminal activity.
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