cam a22 4500 317056808 CHVBK 20201022141513.0 140620s2014 xxu||||| |||| 00 |eng d 1-58487-611-5 978-1-58487-611-3 (RERO)R007774209 NDU VGM CPE RERO geheid HV5840.M4 G734 2014 s1sp rero Grayson George W. (IDREF)032936931 cre The evolution of Los Zetas in Mexico and Central America sadism as an instrument of cartel warfare George W. Grayson Carlisle, PA Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press 2014 86 p. ill., maps txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Strategic Studies Institute monographs "April 2014." Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-69). Introduction -- Branding -- Diversification -- Maximizing extortion and ransom payments -- Gaining notoriety -- Situational alliances -- Esprit de corps -- Success in recruiting and promoting new cadres -- Discouraging desertions -- Cost effectiveness -- Female killers The United States has diplomatic relations with 194 independent nations. Of these, none is more important to America than Mexico in terms of trade, investment, tourism, natural resources, migration, energy, and security. In recent years, narco-violence has afflicted Mexico with more than 50,000 drug-related murders since 2007 and some 26,000 men, women, and children missing. President Enrique Peña Nieto has tried to divert national attention from the bloodshed through reforms in energy, education, anti-hunger, health-care, and other areas. Even though the death rate has declined since the chief executive took office on December 1, 2012, other crimes continue to plague his nation. Members of the business community report continual extortion demands ; the national oil company PEMEX suffers widespread theft of oil, gas, explosives, and solvents (with which to prepare methamphetamines) ; hundreds of Central American migrants have shown up in mass graves ; and the public identifies the police with corruption and villainy. Washington policymakers, who overwhelmingly concentrate on Asia and the Mideast, would be well-advised to focus on the acute dangers that lie principally below the Rio Grande, but whose deadly avatars are spilling into our nation Zetas (Drug cartel) Cartels Mexico Drug traffic Mexico Organized crime Mexico Army War College (U.S.) Press (RERO)A023468621 Army War College (U.S.) Strategic Studies Institute (RERO)A013208648 BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 Metadata rights reserved rero RERO RE61087 RE61087 RE610870002 355.02(050) HEIA 7822/2014/8 RERO 100 1- Grayson George W. (IDREF)032936931 cre RERO 490 0- Strategic Studies Institute monographs RERO 710 2- Army War College (U.S.) Press (RERO)A023468621 RERO 710 2- Army War College (U.S.) Strategic Studies Institute (RERO)A013208648 SWISSBIB 317056808