Los Zetas Inc. : criminal corporations, energy, and Civil War in Mexico

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Los Zetas Inc. : criminal corporations, energy, and Civil War in Mexico

Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera

University of Texas Press, 2017

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-339) and index

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The rapid growth of organized crime in Mexico and the government's response to it have driven an unprecedented rise in violence and impelled major structural economic changes, including the recent passage of energy reform. Los Zetas Inc. asserts that these phenomena are a direct and intended result of the emergence of the brutal Zetas criminal organization in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. Going beyond previous studies of the group as a drug trafficking organization, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera builds a convincing case that the Zetas and similar organizations effectively constitute transnational corporations with business practices that include the trafficking of crude oil, natural gas, and gasoline; migrant and weapons smuggling; kidnapping for ransom; and video and music piracy. Combining vivid interview commentary with in-depth analysis of organized crime as a transnational and corporate phenomenon, Los Zetas Inc. proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding the emerging face, new structure, and economic implications of organized crime in Mexico. Correa-Cabrera delineates the Zetas establishment, structure, and forms of operation, along with the reactions to this new model of criminality by the state and other lawbreaking, foreign, and corporate actors. Since the Zetas share some characteristics with legal transnational businesses that operate in the energy and private security industries, she also compares this criminal corporation with ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and Blackwater (renamed "Academi" and now a Constellis company). Asserting that the elevated level of violence between the Zetas and the Mexican state resembles a civil war, Correa-Cabrera identifies the beneficiaries of this war, including arms-producing companies, the international banking system, the US border economy, the US border security/military-industrial complex, and corporate capital, especially international oil and gas companies.

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List of Maps, Tables, and Figures Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction Section I. The Zetas: Criminal Paramilitaries in a Transnational Business Chapter 1. The Zetas' Origins Chapter 2. The Zetas' War Chapter 3. A Transnational Criminal Corporation Section II. Mexico's Drug War: A Modern Civil War? Chapter 4. Paramilitarization of Organized Crime and a "War on Drugs" Chapter 5. The New Paramilitarism in Mexico Chapter 6. Mexico's Modern Civil War Section III. Los Zetas Incorporated Chapter 7. The Zetas' War and Mexico's Energy Sector Chapter 8. Energy and Security in Tamaulipas, Ground Zero for the Zetas Chapter 9. Who Benefits from the Zetas' War? Conclusion. Four Successful Business Models in an Era of Modern Civil Wars Appendix 1. Energy Reform and the Zetas' Expansion (Timeline) Appendix 2. History of Organized Crime in Tamaulipas: Timeline of Key Events Appendix 3. Map of Criminal Paramilitaries and Natural Resources in Mexico Appendix 4. El disfraz de la guerra (The War's Disguise): Communique by Residents of La Riberena Appendix 5. Organizational Charts: Constellis Holdings, LLC, and Los Zetas Inc. Appendix 6. Areas of Dominant Influence of Major TCOs in Mexico, 2015 Notes References Index

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