The Mexicanization of Mexico
Jul 18th, 2010 | By Michel Marizco | Category: General News, Politics
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THE BORDER REPORT
Couple things then I’m going straight back to work: Much has been about this recent carbomb in Juárez, the Colombianization of Mexico, the up-tick in violence, the changing game. None of which is true.
The Beltrán Leyvas used car bombs in Sinaloa when they were attacking the Sinaloa Federation’s safe houses in Culiacán. Yes, this carbomb that killed two federal cops, a medic and wounded seven others was more sophisticated, bomb, battery series and cellphone, while those in Sinaloa were merely gasbombs, and those were meant to target specific people within the Sinaloa syndicate. In this case, the point seemed to be pure intimidation and the propagation of fear (and guess what, it worked). Who would have had the motive to set off the bombs?
I’m going to guess it was not Sinaloa because Sinaloa has appeared to have established a fairly neutral standpoint with the Calderón Administration. Possibly Juárez – because of the new cooperation between Calderón and Sinaloa. Possibly not a drug syndicate at all.
Years ago, I had the chance to sit down with Manuel Clouthier Carrillo, back when he was the publisher of Noroeste newspaper in Culiacán.
Pounding the table and roaring (his trademark), he said, “You Americans are always talking about the Colombianization of Mexico. No! In Colombia, the narcos tried to enter politics! In Mexico, they’re already inside!”
Which was an excellent point. Except, Sinaloa is inside; is Juárez? Is Vicente? I don’t know, yet.
As far as an increase in sophistication … well, it’s not as if these cats were running around with Molotovs and shovels before they hit upon the idea of an IED. They are armed with grenades, RPGs, 50-cal Barrett rifles and belt-fed M2 Brownings. The car bombing is different, in the way that an AR-15 is different from a drum magazine-equipped shotgun (yes, they’ve used those, too). What’s different here is the meaning and the motive. Calderón backing Sinaloa may cause these sorts of retaliations by Juárez. It may also have been political groups; whackjob perredistas or EZLNers with an old bone to pick.
But Colombia? No. Pablo Escobar’s Medellín Cartel set off enough car-bombs to kill more than one thousand people between 1989 and 1993 when he died. Some of those had so many hundreds of pounds of explosives that entire city blocks were leveled.
In Cd. Juárez, we’re talking about one car-bomb. This is Mexico, not Colombia, Sinaloa is not Medellín and Calderón is not trying to eradicate Sinaloa.
the first car-bomb to “successfully” explode in Mexico, it happened in Sinaloa. http://www.debate.com.mx/eldebate/Articulos/ArticuloPrimera.asp?IdArt=10038351&IdCat=6087
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I think the leaders/management of the Juarez cartel are, and have been making some serious mistakes in the handling of this conflict. They are making themselves look like crazed animals, killing civilians, bombing police, they look like ruthless crazed killers, while CDS and Chapo manage to take territory and kidnap politicians while maintaining an image as outlaw farmers, more Pancho Villa, then Al Quaeda. Of course, they may be acting (reacting) in this desperate, violent, because they are on their last ropes and hanging by a thread, which wouldn’t surprise me. Also, I feel they let street gangs gain too much power, and now lack the authority to control them, which leads to more bad press. I’d like to see a more in depth look at the business (today) of the Juarez group, because most of the coverage centers on the violence, but business most go in some capacity to fund the war against Chapo.
Also, there was a banner that said ‘roughly “this is what will happen to all you that support the Chapo, we still have car bombs -The Juarez Cartel
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uQt7YfFGA3U/TEKJAjY1s5I/AAAAAAAAG9k/vLd1pFbL5hk/s1600/juarez52.jpg
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throughout all this war in juarez they talk about everybody but chente where is he nobody ever mentions vicente in any article at all this war going on people going down especially on the zetas and beltrans side but someway some how vicente has manage to stay low key or atleast we think he still alive same thing about nacho ha
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In Cd. Juárez, we’re talking about one car-bomb. This is Mexico, not Colombia, Sinaloa is not Medellín and Calderón is not trying to eradicate Sinaloa.
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It’s still very early in the game, this could very well be just the beginning of a new tactic, just like the chopping off of heads or hanging bodies from bridges which is now standard operating procedure.
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Valentina Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 7:38 am
From my understanding based on what I’ve read, Colombia is still (and will probably continue to be) the leading producer of cocaine. Therefore, in that respect, yes, Mexico is not Colombia.
As for the brutal tactics that go on in Mexico (not in U.S. soil, which by the way is the leading consumer of everything that’s produced in Colombia), I suppose we have to wait and see if they adopt the “Colombian necktie.” They would have to change the name of course.
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Darth Vader Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Words of Wisdom, jefita….did you buy your college degree at WalMart? No cocaine in Mexico, just mota, chiva, cristal, pildoras……..neckties? Dont need neckties when they take your neck……no seas pende—–you know what!
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Valentina Reply:
July 24th, 2010 at 8:42 am
Reread please, thank you.
“From my understanding based on what I’ve read, Colombia is still (and will probably continue to be) the leading producer of cocaine. Therefore, in that respect, yes, Mexico is not Colombia.”
I never stated cocaine is produced in Mexico, in fact, I stated above I said: “Colombia is still (and will probably continue to be) the leading producer of cocaine. Therefore, in that respect, yes, Mexico IS NOT COLOMBIA.
And on that note, El Chapo is not Fabio Ochoa (the father, not Fabito, who is currently in federal prison).
And the Colombian necktie’s reference was simply an example of violence. Violent acts and torture are the same everywhere.
You should go ride your Harley, without a helmet of course, it’s more badass that way.
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A car-bomb packed with 100 kilos of C4 would sound kind of loud…CIUDAD JUAREZ.- El Cartel de Juarez echó toda la carne al asador en su afán por deshacerse de las investigaciones que lleva a cabo Estados Unidos en Juárez.
En un aterrador narcografiti aparecido esta mañana en los muros de una escuela primaria, el Cartel da un ultimátum macabro al FBI y la DEA.
-Si en 15 dias no arrestan agentes federales que apoyan al cartel de Sinaloa, detonarán un carrobomba con 100 kilos de explosivos- amenaza el grafiti.
El espeluznante narcomensaje aparece mas aterrador porque aparece justo en en las calles Municipio Libre y Escobar, sobre la barda de la escuela Primaria Justo Sierra.
Por otro lado, cien kilos de explosivos son suficientes para reducir a polvo y escombros mas de una cuadra completa.
El narcoaviso se produce a dos dias que agentes federales de Estados Unidos llegaran a Juárez para hacerse cargo de la investigación del atentado terrorista, que mató cuatro personas el jueves en 16 de Septiembre y Bolivia.
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Mario Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 9:44 am
A la chihuahuada.. 100 Kilos de C4.? fook.. 10 times more powerful than the one that blew up. I have a feeling the Juarez cartel will place car bombs in Sinaloa.
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ilegal Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 10:31 am
10 times more powerful if we’re lucky, a hitch hicker told me that, that car-bomb that exploded in Juarez had a little bit less than half a kilo placed in it.
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Frank Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 10:39 am
http://lapolaka.com/2010/07/19/el-cartel-amaga-con-holocausto/
“En un aterrador narcografiti aparecido esta mañana en los muros de una escuela primaria, el Cartel da un ultimátum macabro al FBI y la DEA. -Si en 15 dias no arrestan agentes federales que apoyan al cartel de Sinaloa, detonarán un carrobomba con 100 kilos de explosivos- amenaza el grafiti. El espeluznante narcomensaje aparece mas aterrador porque aparece justo en en las calles Municipio Libre y Escobar, sobre la barda de la escuela Primaria Justo Sierra.”
Por otro lado, cien kilos de explosivos son suficientes para reducir a polvo y escombros mas de una cuadra completa.
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