Los Zetas Inc.: Criminal Corporations, Energy, and Civil War in Mexico
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (832 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01MQWWTTQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 159 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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. She is the author of Democracy in “Two Mexicos”: Political Institutions in Oaxaca and Nuevo León and a frequent commentator in national and international news media on drug trafficking issues and drug violence in Mexico. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera is an associate professor of public affairs and security studies at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Correa-Cabrera delineates the Zetas establishment, structure, and forms of operation, along with the reactions to this new model of criminality by the state and other lawbreaking, foreign, and corporate actors. Los Zetas Inc. asserts that these phenomena are a direct and intended result of the emergence of the brutal Zetas criminal organization in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. Going beyond previous studies of the group as a drug trafficking organization, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera builds a convincing case that the Zetas and similar organizations effectively constitute transnational corporations with business practices that include the trafficking of crude oil, natural gas, and gasoline; migrant and weapons smuggling; kidnapping for ransom; and video and music piracy.Combining vivid interview commentary with in-depth analysis of organized crime as a transnational and corporate phenomenon, Los Zetas Inc. proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding the emerging face, new structure, and economic implications of organized crime in Mexico. The rapid growth of organized crime in Mexico and the government's response to it have driven an unprecedented rise in violenc
It’s about greed, politics, corruption, and Mexico’s dwindling natural resources. It will be required reading for scholars and students of Mexican/border politics and energy policy, US government agencies, security consulting firms, and nonprofit organizations." (Kathleen Staudt, Endowed Professor of Western Hemispheric Trade Policy Studies, University of Texas at El Paso, and coauthor of Courage, Resistance, and Women in Cuidad Juárez: Challenges to Militarization)"Correa-Cabrera’s book takes us inside the Zetas. and Nancy Hirst Endowed Chair and University Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University)"When Felipe Calderón declared war on organized crime in Mexico, he did not foresee the humanitarian tragedy that this war would cause. Bagley, Department of International Studies, University of Miami)"Los Zetas Inc. She goes beyond the simplistic view of Los