1st Edition

Criminal Insurgencies in Mexico and the Americas The Gangs and Cartels Wage War

Edited By Robert Bunker J Copyright 2013
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

In recent years, the south-western border of the United States has come under increasing pressure from the activities of Mexican narco-insurgents. These insurgents have developed rapidly from beginnings as nebulous gangs into networked cartels that have exposed the porosity of the border. These cartels declare no allegiance to any nation and are engaging in asymmetrical warfare against sovereign... Read more

Editor’s note  Robert J. Bunker  Foreword  Paul Rich and Thomas Durell-Young  Preface: Los Zetas and a new barbarism  Samuel Logan  1. Grand strategic overview: epochal change and new realities for the United States  Robert J. Bunker  Part 1: Theory  2. Rethinking insurgency: criminality, spirituality and societal warfare in the Americas  John P. Sullivan and Robert J. Bunker  3. Integrating feral cities and 3rd phase cartels/3rd generation gangs research: the rise of criminal (narco) city networks and BlackFor  Robert J. Bunker and John P. Sullivan  Part 2: Mexico  4. A broken Mexico: allegations of collusion between the Sinaloa cartel and Mexican political parties  Malcolm Beith  5. Just where do Mexican cartel weapons come from?  David A. Kuhn and Robert J. Bunker  6. Silver over the border: US law enforcement corruption on the Southwest Border  Graham H. Turbiville, Jr.  Part 3: The Americas  7. Security, stability, and sovereignty challenges of politicized gangs and insurgents in the Americas  Max G. Manwaring  8. Central America besieged: cartel and maras country threat analysis  Steven S. Dudley

Biography

Robert J. Bunker is an epochal warfare studies scholar and security consultant. Past associations include the Counter-OPFOR Corporation, University of Southern California, FBI Academy (as Futurist in Residence), National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center –West, and the Los Angeles Terrorism Early Warning Group.