Recent Santa Muerte Spiritual Conflict Trends
Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 16: Recent Santa Muerte Spiritual Conflict Trends
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Mexico Starts Disarming Vigilantes (Updated)
Mexico Starts Disarming Vigilantes - BBC
Mexican security forces sent to quell unrest in the western state of Michoacan have started disarming local vigilante groups, state officials say.
The "self-defence groups" took control of a number of towns in an effort to drive out members of a drug cartel…
Mexico Forces in Deadly Clash With Vigilantes - Associated Press
The Mexican government moved in to quell violence between vigilantes and a drug cartel in Michoacan state, but the campaign turned deadly early Tuesday with a confrontation between soldiers and civilians who witnesses say were unarmed.
There were widely varying reports of casualties, but Associated Press journalists saw the bodies of two men said to have died in the clash, and spoke to the family of a third man who was reportedly killed in the same incident. No women or children died, contrary to earlier reports by the spokesman of a self-defense group…
Injured Leader of Mexican Anti-cartel Militia Vows to Go On by Joshua Partlow, Washington Post
More than a week after surviving a plane crash, the injured Mexican militia leader Jose Manuel Mireles rejected the government’s call for his movement to disarm, vowing to fight on until the drug cartel leaders in his area have been arrested and the state of Michoacan establishes the rule of law.
Mireles, a 55-year-old surgeon who leads the militia movement that has spread rapidly over the past year across Michoacan and seized territory from the Knights Templar drug cartel, spoke to reporters late Monday night from a safe house after receiving treatment at an upscale private hospital in Mexico City…
Hong Kong Triads Work with Mexican Drug Lords on Methamphetamine
Hong Kong Triads Work with Mexican Drug Lords on Methamphetamine by Brian Harris, South China Morning Post.
Two Hong Kong triads have linked up with one of Latin America's largest and most notorious drug cartels to supply the burgeoning global market for methamphetamine, the Sunday Morning Post has learned…
Mexico: Crucible of State Change
Part 7 of a series that provides a retrospective look at the first year of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s Sexenio with comments on the prospects for 2014.
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Disappointment is the Hallmark of EPN’s First Year in Office
Part 6 of a series that provides a retrospective look at the first year of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s Sexenio with comments on the prospects for 2014.
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Vandals or Complex Criminal Networks in Mexico?
Part 5 of a series that provides a retrospective look at the first year of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s Sexenio with comments on the prospects for 2014.
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The Energy Reform: A Re-appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe?
Part 4 of a series that provides a retrospective look at the first year of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s Sexenio with comments on the prospects for 2014.
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Peña Nieto’s Security Strategy: We Need to Talk
Part 3 of a series that provides a retrospective look at the first year of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s Sexenio with comments on the prospects for 2014.
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Peña Nieto’s First Year: Iraq on Our Southern Border
Part 2 of a series that provides a retrospective look at the first year of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s Sexenio with comments on the prospects for 2014.
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The Year of Living Dangerously: Peña Nieto’s Presidency of Shadows
Part 1 of a series that provides a retrospective look at the first year of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s Sexenio with comments on the prospects for 2014.