Los Zetas Inc. : : Criminal Corporations, Energy, and Civil War in Mexico / / Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Correa-Cabrera, Guadalupe,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (379 p.)

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...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Maps, Tables, and Figures
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• SECTION I. The Zetas: Criminal Paramilitaries in a Transnational Business
• Introduction
• 1. The Zetas’ Origins
• 2. The Zetas’ War
• 3. A Transnational Criminal Corporation
• SECTION II. Mexico’s Drug War: A Modern Civil War?
• Introduction
• 4. Paramilitarization of Organized Crime and a “War on Drugs”
• 5. The New Paramilitarism in Mexico
• 6. Mexico’s Modern Civil War
• SECTION III. Los Zetas Incorporated
• Introduction
• 7. The Zetas’ War and Mexico’s Energy Sector
• 8. Energy and Security in Tamaulipas, Ground Zero for the Zetas
• 9. Who Benefi ts 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): Communiqué by Residents of La Ribereña
• 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