El Imperativo Estratégico de Estados Unidos Debe Cambiar de Irak/Afganistán a México/
El Imperativo Estratégico de Estados Unidos Debe Cambiar de Irak/Afganistán a México/Las Américas y la Estabilización de Europa
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El Imperativo Estratégico de Estados Unidos Debe Cambiar de Irak/Afganistán a México/Las Américas y la Estabilización de Europa
por Dr. Robert J. Bunker
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Los Estados Unidos al momento se enfrenta con dos niveles de amenazas no estatal (red), pero solo uno de ellos es abiertamente reconocido. Al Qaeda y otros elementos del Islam radical, han sido reconocidos como la amenaza número 1 desde el 11 de Septiembre del 2001 que mato a casi 3,000 Americanos y causo más de 100 millones de dólares en daños a la infraestructura, la respuesta de emergencia, y los trastornos económicos. Esta amenaza que acumula atención de los medios, sin embargo, en muchos frentes palidece en comparación representada por los carteles de la droga y bandillas de narco, que durante décadas han ido evolucionando, mutando y creciendo en capacidad y poder en las Américas. Mientras por lo pronto esto es visto como “un asunto crimen y aplicación a la ley”, como Al Qaeda fue pre – 9-11, esta amenaza estratégica más sutil y envolvente ha dado como resultado la muerte de más de 100.000 ciudadanos de las Américas (unos 30.000 solo en México en los últimos 4 anos) y ha causado la desestabilización de un numero de países incluyendo México, Guatemala y Honduras, y fue testigo del aumento de la influencia narco dentro de las regiones del territorio de los Estados Unidos a lo largo de su frontera sur. Económicamente, los daños sufridos y los trastornos ocasionados por el cartel de droga y las actividades de pandillas narcotraficantes a los particulares, las economías locales, y organismos gubernamentales es más allá de la marca de un trillón de dólares y sigue aumentando. Ambos de estas amenazas no-estatal (red) reta a las instituciones de las muchas naciones afectadas, la lealtad de las poblaciones indígenas para el propio Estado, y son indicativos de la ‘guerra sobre la organización social y política’ que ahora se libra en varias regiones del mundo.
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El Dr. Robert J. Bunker tiene títulos en la ciencia política, gobierno, ciencia del comportamiento, ciencias sociales, geografía-antropología, e historia. Entrenamiento tomado incluye la proporcionada por DHS, FLETC, DIA, Cal DOJ, Cal POST, LA JRIC, NTOA, y entidades privadas de seguridad en la lucha contra el terrorismo, contra-vigilancia, respuesta a incidentes, protección de la fuerza, y la inteligencia. Dr. Bunker ha participado en trabajo en equipo rojo y ejercicios de lucha contra el terrorismo y ha proporcionad apoyo a las operaciones dentro del Condado de los Ángeles.
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Mexico Angry at U.S. Official's 'Insurgency' Remark
Mexico Angry at U.S. Official's 'Insurgency' Remark
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The Associated Press, via The Houston Chronicle, reports that Mexico is angry at a U.S. official's 'insurgency' remark. It seems Mexico's Interior Department took great exception to U.S. Undersecretary of the Army Joseph Westphal's comment "as all of you know, there is a form of insurgency in Mexico with the drug cartels that's right on our border" on Monday at the Hinckley Institute of Politics. Westphal has since retracted his categorization of Mexico's drug-related violence saying he "mistakenly characterized the challenge posed by drug cartels to Mexico as “a form of insurgency.”" Mark Krikorian of National Review Online's The Corner says "the number-two civilian official in the Army committed a Kinsleyan gaffe Monday by telling the truth."
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U.S. and Mexico Should Embrace Regional Cooperation
U.S. and Mexico Should Embrace Regional Cooperation
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CNAS Report: U.S. and Mexico Should Embrace Regional Cooperation to Combat Drug Cartels
As Presidents Obama and Calderón continue to discuss the United States and Mexico's efforts to combat growing drug-related violence, the leaders should look to embrace regional cooperation to combat the cartels, according to a recent report authored by Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Non-Resident Senior Fellow Bob Killebrew.
In Crime Wars: Gangs, Drugs, and U.S. National Security, Killebrew surveys organized crime throughout the Western Hemisphere and analyzes the challenges it poses to individual countries and regional security. He argues that Mexico will remain a key state in the struggle against violent organized crime in the region, and that the United States should continue to support Mexico's efforts while examining its own role in the ongoing conflict. In addition, the report notes, the United States and Mexico should:
* Increase U.S.-Mexico law enforcement and intelligence cooperation.
* Increase bilateral training and assistance.
* Embrace regional cooperation to attack cartels.
* Attack the cartels’ financial networks and money-laundering capabilities.
“Whether Calderón and his successors can or will sustain a long-term, bloody fight to root out corruption in the Mexican state and reassert the rule of law is a matter of grave concern for the United States,” said Killebrew.
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This report is also available for download in Spanish: Guerras del Crimen: Pandillas, Cárteles y la Seguridad Nacional Estadounidense.
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Optimizing Use of the Armed Forces in Combating Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization
Optimizing Use of the Armed Forces in Combating Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations
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Optimizing Use of the Armed Forces in Combating Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations
by Braden Civins
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The drug war in Mexico threatens the stability of the Mexican federal government, catalyzes widespread border crossing by undocumented aliens (UDAs), and imperils U.S. citizens on both sides of the border. This note examines one proposal to address these concerns—additional deployment of the military along the southwest (SW) border—and the legal issues potentially raised by this response. Part I of this note provides background information on the nature of the problem. Part II traces the law governing military support to civilian law enforcement agencies (MSCLEA) with respect to counternarcotics (CN) operations along the southwest (SW) border. Part III examines how the law will either constrain or facilitate MSCLEA with respect to surveillance and detention operations. Part IV offers recommendations to improve the utility of military deployment to the border to combat drug trafficking organizations (DTOs).
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Braden Civins, a native Texan, is in his fourth and final year of study at The University of Texas, pursuing a J.D. from The School of Law and a Master of Global Policy Studies, with a specialization in Security Studies, from the L.B.J. School of Public Affairs.
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Attacks on Journalists and “New Media” in Mexico’s Drug War
Attacks on Journalists and “New Media” in Mexico’s Drug War
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Attacks on Journalists and “New Media” in Mexico’s Drug War:
A Power and Counter Power Assessment
by John P. Sullivan
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This paper examines the impact of attacks on journalists on media reportage within Mexico’s drug wars, known as “la Inseguridad” in Mexico. It examines two concepts in communication theory (agenda-setting theory and “mind framing” for power and counter-power) to frame the impact of drug cartel information operations (info ops). Specifically, It examines cartel attacks on media outlets, and kidnappings and assassinations of journalists by narco-cartels to gauge the potential impact of the attacks in terms of censorship, cartel co-option of reportage, and the use of new media (horizontal means of mass self-communication).
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John P. Sullivan is a career police officer. He currently serves as a lieutenant with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies on Terrorism (CAST). He is co-editor of Countering Terrorism and WMD: Creating a Global Counter-Terrorism Network (Routledge, 2006) and Global Biosecurity: Threats and Responses (Routledge, 2010). His current research focus is the impact of transnational organized crime on sovereignty in Mexico and elsewhere.
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Banks launder drugs money? No, never!
Slap,
Excellent find and just after the other article elsewhere on the US banking system, in the thread 'The Next America Revolution' and:http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...ilout-20110411
What I note is the role of the whistle blower, so much for all the other internal and external measures to hinder money laundering.