Comments on: Criminal Netwarriors in Mexico’s Drug Wars http://www.groupintel.com/2008/12/22/criminal-netwarriors-in-mexico%e2%80%99s-drug-wars/ Group Intel Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:01:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Drug Wars Jeopardize National Security « International Politics and Policy http://www.groupintel.com/2008/12/22/criminal-netwarriors-in-mexico%e2%80%99s-drug-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-12138 Drug Wars Jeopardize National Security « International Politics and Policy Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:51:37 +0000 http://www.groupintel.com/?p=1134#comment-12138 [...] These people are not living 5,000 miles away in the Middle East.  They are living and dying three miles away from El Paso, Texas, in the town of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.  This city has been overrun by radically violent drug cartels.  These gangs serve as the middlemen in drug trafficking from Central American countries to the United States, and they have no qualms with using violence to keep rival gangs and local policemen under their control.  Ciudad Juarez is just one of many more cities with drug gangs more powerful than local police. Mexican President Felipe Calderon rightly described the brutal and continuing violence between cartel and government by proclaiming: “It’s a war” (see article). [...] [...] These people are not living 5,000 miles away in the Middle East.  They are living and dying three miles away from El Paso, Texas, in the town of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.  This city has been overrun by radically violent drug cartels.  These gangs serve as the middlemen in drug trafficking from Central American countries to the United States, and they have no qualms with using violence to keep rival gangs and local policemen under their control.  Ciudad Juarez is just one of many more cities with drug gangs more powerful than local police. Mexican President Felipe Calderon rightly described the brutal and continuing violence between cartel and government by proclaiming: “It’s a war” (see article). [...]

]]> By: Sunday reading links « Caracas Gringo http://www.groupintel.com/2008/12/22/criminal-netwarriors-in-mexico%e2%80%99s-drug-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-4043 Sunday reading links « Caracas Gringo Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:13:07 +0000 http://www.groupintel.com/?p=1134#comment-4043 [...] Criminal Netwarriors in Mexico’s Drug Wars Mexico is imploding in a series of interlocking ‘criminal insurgencies’ culminating in a virtual civil war. Kidnappings, assassinations, beheadings, shoot-outs: Mexico is gripped by combat between drug cartels, gangs and the police. Mexican President Felipe Calderon starkly states: “It’s a War.” More here. [...] [...] Criminal Netwarriors in Mexico’s Drug Wars Mexico is imploding in a series of interlocking ‘criminal insurgencies’ culminating in a virtual civil war. Kidnappings, assassinations, beheadings, shoot-outs: Mexico is gripped by combat between drug cartels, gangs and the police. Mexican President Felipe Calderon starkly states: “It’s a War.” More here. [...]

]]> By: A.E. http://www.groupintel.com/2008/12/22/criminal-netwarriors-in-mexico%e2%80%99s-drug-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-3972 A.E. Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:46:01 +0000 http://www.groupintel.com/?p=1134#comment-3972 "David Ronfeldt and John Arquilla call these global criminal actors ‘netwarriors,’ John Robb calls them ‘global guerrillas,’ and Robert Bunker calls them ‘criminal soldiers.’ Whatever we call them, collectively I view them as ‘criminal netwarriors.’ It is valuable to recall Martin van Creveld’s admonition from The Transformation of War: “In the future, war will not be waged by armies but by groups whom today we call terrorists, guerrillas, bandits and robbers, but who will undoubtedly hit upon more formal titles to describe themselves.”" The criminal netwarriors concept does fill a bit of theoretical gaps. We may not be at the stage of a BlackFor-type entity yet but we are certainly well on our way to getting there. “David Ronfeldt and John Arquilla call these global criminal actors ‘netwarriors,’ John Robb calls them ‘global guerrillas,’ and Robert Bunker calls them ‘criminal soldiers.’ Whatever we call them, collectively I view them as ‘criminal netwarriors.’ It is valuable to recall Martin van Creveld’s admonition from The Transformation of War: “In the future, war will not be waged by armies but by groups whom today we call terrorists, guerrillas, bandits and robbers, but who will undoubtedly hit upon more formal titles to describe themselves.””

The criminal netwarriors concept does fill a bit of theoretical gaps. We may not be at the stage of a BlackFor-type entity yet but we are certainly well on our way to getting there.

]]> By: Criminal Netwarriors in Mexico’s Drug Wars http://www.groupintel.com/2008/12/22/criminal-netwarriors-in-mexico%e2%80%99s-drug-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-3898 Criminal Netwarriors in Mexico’s Drug Wars Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:36:48 +0000 http://www.groupintel.com/?p=1134#comment-3898 [...] John Sullivan’s exellent piece at www.groupintel.com served as a catalyst for our Mexican Criminal Insurgencies project.  (GroupIntel Article) [...] [...] John Sullivan’s exellent piece at http://www.groupintel.com served as a catalyst for our Mexican Criminal Insurgencies project.  (GroupIntel Article) [...]

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