Mexican Marines: Paradigm Shift in Targeting Drug Cartels in Mexico

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Abstract:

Since 2006 Mexican Armed Forces have been supporting Mexican law enforcement agencies to fight drug cartels and Drug Trafficking Organizations. Mexican Marine Corps have been in a protagonist role despite the fact they are the smallest of all armed branches of the MAF. Mexican Marines have taken the lead against drug cartels since then and have achieved the capture or killing of some of the most wanted drug kingpins in Mexico, including Joaquin Archibaldo Guzman-Loera, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel; Miguel Angel Trevio-Morales, leader of the Zetas Cartel; Antonio Ezequiel Crdenas-Guilln, leader of the Gulf Cartel; and Marcos Arturo Beltran-Leyva, leader of the Beltran-Leyva Cartel.

Author(s):
Villalobos-monteverde, Adrian
Author Organization(s):
MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA
Funding Organization(s):
MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA, QUANTICO , VA
Document Type:
Technical Report/Master's Thesis
Publication Date:
2015 Apr 28
Pagination:
43

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Distribution Code:
A - Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement: Public Release

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Collection: TRECMS
Subject Terms
Modernization Areas:
Fully Networked C3
Communities of Interest:
Materials and Manufacturing Processes
Descriptor(s):
national security, warfare, military science, governments, terrorism, unmanned aerial vehicles, aircrafts, doctrine, drug trafficking, military personnel, nato, special forces, terrorists, employment, first responders, human intelligence, joint military activities
Keyword(s):
DRUG CARTELS, MEXICAN MARINES, MEXICAN GOVERNMENT, DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS, United States TARGETING doctrine, United kingdom TARGETING DOCTRINE, AUSTRALIAN TARGETING DOCTRINE, NATO TARGETING DOCTRINE
Subject Categories:
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Creation Date:
2022 Aug 04
Update Date:
2022 Sep 26