Posted on 09/30/2011 7:33:13 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
The first casualty of war is the truth the old saying goes.
A group dubbing itself Los Mata Zetas or the Zeta Killers has claimed responsibility for the murder of 35 narco traffickers from Los Zetas who were dumped last week out of two trucks onto a busy road in the tourist destination of Boca del Rio along the Gulf of Mexico in Veracruz state.
The Zeta Killers purports to be acting as a vigilante group on behalf of the people but in reality it's just a front for a hired enforcement crew tied to the Gulf and Sinaloa cartels according to Mexican officials as reported by William Booth for The Washington Post.
Meanwhile, an increasing number of well-respected and highly-informed individuals are speculating that the U.S. "Fast and Furious" gun-running scandal was a CIA operation to arm the Sinaloa cartel in order to defeat Los Zetas as reported by Michael Walsh for the New York Post.
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Both gangsters and politicians in Mexico long have suspected that the Sinaloa cartel was getting a pass from law enforcement. For example, last June Congressman Manuel Clouthier stated "it is obvious that in Sinaloa there is a pact" as then reported by Alexandra Olson for The Associated Press: "'It has been a safe state for organized crime to live there and work there and develop with total tranquility,' he charges."
A top lieutenant for the Sinaloa cartel claimed last month that he and other reputed leaders were allowed by U.S. authorities to bring cocaine into the country for years in exchange for information on rivals, and although federal prosecutors admit to at least one cooperating agreement otherwise deny that Sinaloa traffickers received immunity from prosecution.
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Input needed. Have now started a new ping list called BORDER WARS since so many of these stories are starting to intersect and overlap. I would like to keep the Gunwalker threads separate. Let me know if you want on the Border Wars list. It will NOT be the same as Gunwalker, though they might overlap occasionally. Please ping me to any articles you think fit in this catagory. Thank you.
Nice ping logo, too!
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