Book/Printed Material La Familia drug cartel : implications for U.S.-Mexican security Implications for United States-Mexican security / Implications for US-Mexican security

Title

• La Familia drug cartel : implications for U.S.-Mexican security

Other Title

• Implications for United States-Mexican security
• Implications for US-Mexican security

Summary

• "La Familia Michoacana burst onto the national stage on September 6, 2006, when ruffians crashed into the seedy Sol y Sombra nightclub in Uruapan, Michoacán, and fired shots into the air. They screamed at the revelers to lie down, ripped open a plastic bag, and lobbed five human heads onto the beer-stained black and white dance floor. The day before these macabre pyrotechnics, the killers seized their prey from a mechanic's shop and hacked off their heads with bowie knives while the men writhed in pain. "You don't do something like that unless you want to send a big message," said a U.S. law-enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity about an act of human depravity that would "cast a pall over the darkest nooks of hell." The desperados left behind a note hailing their act as "divine justice," adding that: "The Family doesn't kill for money; it doesn't kill women; it doesn't kill innocent people; only those who deserve to die, die. Everyone should know . . . this is divine justice." While claiming to do the "Lord's work," the ruthless leaders of this syndicate have emerged as the dominant exporter of methamphetamines to the United States, even as they control scores of municipalities in Michoacán and neighboring states." -- Strategic Studies Institute web site.

Names

• Grayson, George W., 1938-
• Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Created / Published

• Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2010]

Contents

• Summary -- Introduction -- Michoacán's changing landscape -- Origins and evolution of La Familia Michoacana -- Importance of Lázaro Cárdenas -- Cucaracha effect -- Leadership and organization -- La Tuta -- Ideology -- Indoctrination -- Narco-banners -- Mass communication -- Narcocorridos -- Brutality -- Resources -- Drug revenues -- Extortion -- Kidnapping -- Businesses -- Weapons -- Conflict between La Familia and Los Zetas -- Dual sovereignty -- La Familia and the United States -- Conclusion : steps to curb La Familia's ability to export drugs to the United States.

Headings

• -  Cartels--Mexico
• -  Drug control--Mexico
• -  Drug control--United States
• -  Drug traffic--Mexico
• -  National security--Mexico
• -  National security--United States
• -  Organized crime--Mexico
• -  Terrorism--Mexico--Religious aspects
• -  Mexico--Foreign relations--United States--21st century
• -  United States--Foreign relations--Mexico--21st century

Notes

• -  "December 2010."
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-100).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (xi, 111 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

• HV6453.M6
• U413.A66

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2023692721

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2023692721

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

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• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2023692721

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