LEADER 04270nam 2200469 a 450 001 9910838229403321 005 20240311124957.0 010 $a1-4773-1276-5 010 $a9781477312766 (electronic book) 024 7 $a10.7560/312742 035 $a(CKB)3710000001400588 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4875069 035 $a(DE-B1597)587476 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781477312766 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001400588 100 $a20171024h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aLos Zetas Inc. $ecriminal corporations, energy, and Civil War in Mexico /$fGuadalupe Correa-Cabrera 210 1$aAustin, [Texas] :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (xx, 379 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 1 $a1-4773-1274-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Zetas' origins -- The Zetas' war -- A transnational criminal corporation -- Paramilitarization of organized crime and a "war on drugs" -- The new paramilitarism in Mexico -- Mexico's modern civil war -- The Zetas' war and Mexico's energy sector -- Energy and security in Tamaulipas, ground zero for the Zetas -- Who benefits from the Zetas' war? -- Conclusion. Four successful business models in an era of modern civil wars -- Appendix I. Energy reform and the Zetas' expansion (timeline) -- Appendix II. History of organized crime in Tamaulipas : timeline of key events -- Appendix III. Criminal paramilitaries and natural resources in Mexico (map) -- Appendix IV. El Disfraz de la Guerra (the war's disguise) : communique? by residents of La Riberen?a -- Appendix V. Organizational charts : constellis holdings, LLC and Los Zetas Inc -- Appendix VI. Areas of dominant influence of major TCOs in Mexico, 2015. 330 8 $a"The rapid growth of organized crime in Mexico and the government?s response to it have driven an unprecedented rise in violence and impelled major structural economic changes, including the recent passage of energy reform. Los Zetas Inc. asserts that these phenomena are a direct and intended result of the emergence of the brutal Zetas criminal organization in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. Going beyond previous studies of the group as a drug trafficking organization, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera builds a convincing case that the Zetas and similar organizations effectively constitute transnational corporations with business practices that include the trafficking of crude oil, natural gas, and gasoline; migrant and weapons smuggling; kidnapping for ransom; and video and music piracy. Combining vivid interview commentary with in-depth analysis of organized crime as a transnational and corporate phenomenon, Los Zetas Inc. proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding the emerging face, new structure, and economic implications of organized crime in Mexico. Correa-Cabrera delineates the Zetas establishment, structure, and forms of operation, along with the reactions to this new model of criminality by the state and other lawbreaking, foreign, and corporate actors. Since the Zetas share some characteristics with legal transnational businesses that operate in the energy and private security industries, she also compares this criminal corporation with ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and Blackwater (renamed ?Academi? and now a Constellis company). Asserting that the elevated level of violence between the Zetas and the Mexican state resembles a civil war, Correa-Cabrera identifies the beneficiaries of this war, including arms-producing companies, the international banking system, the US border economy, the US border security/military-industrial complex, and corporate capital, especially international oil and gas companies."--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aOrganized crime$zMexico 606 $aDrug control$zMexico 615 0$aOrganized crime 615 0$aDrug control 676 $a364.1060972 700 $aCorrea-Cabrera$b Guadalupe$01731432 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838229403321 996 $aLos Zetas Inc$94144086 997 $aUNINA