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Mexican Drug Cartels Threaten Social Media Users
Social Media has become a powerful channel for individuals to voice their discontent. Just a few weeks ago however, Mexican Drug Cartels took a stand against those individuals who would speak out against their activities on social media sites.
Early Sept. 13, 2011, two bodies were found hanging from a pedestrian bridge in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo. This violence is believed to be the work of the Zetas Cartel, a cartel with a history of military training.
CNN Reports that signs found with the victims state that these two individuals denounced drug cartel activities on social media sites Al Rojo Vivo and Blog del Narco. These signs also threaten other social media users who are doing the same.
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This episode of violence displayed the cartels determination to shut down those who denounce their activities. While threats against those who denounce their acitivites is not new, the threat against social media users is new, but it seems that this threat is not going to stop some social media users from voicing their opinions, not from twitter or from the two blogs mentioned by the cartels.
About Giovanni Guerra
Giovanni Guerra is an Associate with Michael Saad International with extensive experience with security related issues and specializes in Latin affairs, customs, traditions and operational security & awareness in Mexico. Recently, Ms Guerra received her M.Sc. in Intelligence and National Security from the University of Texas at El Paso.
Car theft rises 283% in Northeastern Mexican state.
Crime seems almost epidemic in the northeastern Mexican state, Nuevo Leon, where car theft rose 283% since 2006, according to the AMIS, an association of Mexican insurance institutions. Nearly 15,000 people in Nuevo Leon have been victims of car theft since the beginning of this year, more than half of them were forced out of their car. These shocking figures put Nuevo Leon second in car theft in the nation, surpassed only by the state of Mexico.
An even more distressing fact is the number of people actually investigating these crimes, which is only 35 agents. Putting this statistics in cars per agents investigating, leads to a 428 cars per agent, per year. Strangely, around 60% of cars stolen this year have been recovered. This may be partly because of all the cars that are found days after being stolen, when they were already used by criminals for blocking the roads to prevent army support troops from coming into action.
Get out of the car.
Since the beginning of 2010, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon’s capital city; has witnessed the biggest crime wave of its history. Shootings and robberies have become part of everyday life in Mexico’s industrial capital and, to many people’s concern, things don’t seem to be changing soon.
About Giovanni Guerra
Giovanni Guerra is an Associate with Michael Saad International with extensive experience with security related issues and specializes in Latin affairs, customs, traditions and operational security & awareness in Mexico. Recently, Ms Guerra received her M.Sc. in Intelligence and National Security from the University of Texas at El Paso.
4 US Citizens Killed in Separate Mexico Attacks
Chihuahua state prosecutors’ spokesman Arturo Sandoval said Edgar Lopez, 35, of El Paso, Texas, was killed Sunday along with two Mexican men when gunmen opened fire on a group standing outside a house.
Border town of Ciudad Juarez
On Saturday, a 26-year-old U.S. woman and an American boy were slain shortly after crossing an international bridge from El Paso. Giovanna Herrera and Luis Araiza, 15, were shot to death along with a Mexican man traveling with them just after 11 a.m., Sandoval said.
Sandoval said authorities also identified a 24-year-old woman killed Friday inside a tortilla shop as Lorena Izaguirre, a U.S. citizen and El Paso resident. A Mexican man was also found dead in the store.
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