The Mexican Organized Criminal Organization spoken of and known as the ZETAS, are not a criminal organization. They are the security forces of the Gulf Cartel. The true criminal organization is the Gulf Cartel.
The Zetas are former professional military officers and soldiers of the Mexican army. In 1996, Mexico's Federal Attorney General classified the ZETAS correctly when he called them the armed division of the Gulf Cartel.
The ZETAS are a true mercenary force that follows a BUSHIDO type code of honor and loyalty. They are a major and real threat to Mexico's national security. They, the Zetas possess military expertise and experience in combat tactics which include urban warfare and guerrilla warfare. It's military leaders possess military skills and expertise in security and warfare. They use military logistics and military sciences to continue operations for the Gulf Cartel.
The Zetas are a formidable force that possesses skill, experience, expertise, honor and loyalty for their employer the Gulf Cartel. It is a force that will exist for many decades. It will exist as long as the force receives respect from its employer. The only way the Zeta's can be defeated will be if the leaders of the Gulf Cartel begins to lose respect for its mercenary force.
If the Zetas continue to grow they will eventually take over all of Mexico. They will expand their territories and take away from rival drug cartels. They as a group possess loyalty and honor to each other. They respect their officers and will die for them.
They, the Zetas are modern samurai's, serving their warlord leaders the Gulf Cartel. In a matter of a few years they will no longer cross or smuggle weapons or handguns in from the United States. They will buy needed weapons directly from Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua or Cuba. If they have not bought any yet, it is simply because they have no one in their organization that has yet approached any of this mentioned countries.
This writer believes that contact between the Zetas and such a Latin American consulate can be completed with ease. In a few years the Zetas will make Mexico change. The changes will be political and the results could be full of prosperity for all of Mexico. In time the Zetas will become a political party such as Hamas and Hezballah are in the middle east. In the near future, look to Mexico for majors changes in government brought about by the Zetas as they become independent of the Gulf Cartel.
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