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Monday, September 26, 2011

Mexico Needs Tough Conspiracy Laws toFight Organized Crime

By Jerry Brewer

The question has been asked many times - "Doesorganized crime and government embrace at any

level?" When an entire hemisphere is engulfed by amassive saturation and fluid movement of illicitdrugs and contraband, answers must be demanded.

A continuing intrinsic investigation and analysis oforganized criminal activity allows for more farreaching control of a crime war that follows acomprehensive and multi-national one-way transitroute north and into the United States.

How must these nations combat the high levels of

organized crime, institutional corruption, drugcartel activity, and massive violence and death?

Identifying the most pressing problem is thecommon denominator, albeit many additionalsinister tentacles radiate like an earthquake fromthis most crucial issue. The issue is not drugsthemselves or other criminal contraband. The USand Latin America have been obsessed with seizureof commodity for far too long as the main priority.Much of that is due to the immediate impact - it is

exciting, visible, and appeases some that feel theyare getting something for their money invested in aso-called drug war.

Success in this war against organized crime in thishemisphere should not be judged or measured bythe number of narcotics' seizures, but by primarilytargeting those who profit in massive and handsome
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abundance.

In the US alone, Mexican drug traffickingorganizations have easily infiltrated major citiesnationwide using additional violent gangs as proxies

to perform for them. The huge amounts of cashflows back, out of the country, to the higher levelbenefactors that pay off police, military, borderofficials, and other government officials as thetraditional right-of-passage to operate on such ahigh level with such relentless impunity.

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom recently said itbest as he told reporters that drug gangs were"invading" Central America to move contrabandfrom South America, through Central America, and

into the US. Too, he stated, "These individuals werenot just preparing to confront our security forces;they were preparing to take control of the country."

Conspiracy laws sighting all of the participants witha euphemistic bull's eye on their backs was the mostproactive and strategic instrument ever designed tohunt organized criminals. These laws allow for theholding of all players culpable at all levels,regardless if they know of each other's existence; orwhether or not they see or touch the contraband.

Conspiracy laws are not isolated from power,wealth, or respectability, and in fact they can and dotarget businessmen, politicians, and diplomats. LosZetas, in Guatemala alone, have been accused oframpant attempts to payoff political candidates;kidnapping and extortion; and plain torture andmurder. It has been reported that in 2010 57.7percent of the country's murders occurred in andaround Guatemala City.

Mexico like Guatemala is faced with much morethan simply contraband seizures, but too withcreating and sustaining responsive, capable, anddurable law enforcement institutions for the longhaul. This obviously is no easy goal against asuperiorly trained enemy with billions of dollars inprofits and sophisticated armaments to protect it.


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A more comprehensive strategy that coordinates theefforts of several U.S. federal agencies at variouslevels is a key ingredient that is capable of wagingwar with superior intelligence gathering (a majorcomponent against organized crime) for interdiction

participants.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who has tocontinually defend his rationale for the use of themilitary in this war to take back the nation fromorganized crime, realized wisely that the use of themilitary for much of the internal security of Mexicowas critical to match or surpass the firepower andexpertise by this paramilitary-style of insurgents.

The US is quickly realizing the potential need in the

same manner for its southern border.

Calderon's frustrations have been echoed by thosesheepishly suggesting an explicit truce with thegangs as a practical way to make criminal groupsmore defensive and less violent, and thus create asafer Mexico. Calderon even somewhat sarcasticallythreatened to seek the legalization of drugs withoutmore help from the US.

With what seems like aMission Impossible answerfor the short or long term, wise government officialsknow that this has escalated far beyond drugs. Themass murders of migrants, tortured and killed andthrown into pits; human and sex trafficking; andrampant kidnapping for ransom and extortion areexciting alternatives for organized criminals. Afterall, it is about them and their quest for the bigpayoff. And they must also pay off to stay in thisblood generating business.

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Jerry Breweris C.E.O. of Criminal JusticeInternational Associates, a global threat mitigationfirm headquartered in northern Virginia. Hiswebsite is located athttp://www.cjiausa.org/.

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