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Title

La Familia drug cartel : implications for U.S.-Mexican security / George W. Grayson.

Author

Grayson, George W., 1938-2015.

Publication

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

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Additional Authors

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80120847

Description

xi, 111 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

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." --
• 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.

Series Statement

Strategic Studies Institute monographs

Alternative Title

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

Subjects

• USA
• Organized crime > Mexico
• Drogen
• Cartels > Mexico
• Terrorism > Mexico > Religious aspects
• United States > Foreign relations > Mexico > 21st century
• Drug control > United States
• Drug control > Mexico
• Drug traffic > Mexico
• National security > Mexico
• Terrorismus
• Religion
• Innere Sicherheit
• Kartell
• Mexico > Foreign relations > United States > 21st century
• Mexiko
• National security > United States

Note

• "December 2010."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-100).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online in PDF format from Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) web site. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.

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.

ISBN

• 1584874716 (pbk.)
• 9781584874713 (pbk.)

LCCN

2010532778

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library