NARCO WARS

Sergio Chapa KGBT-TV October 2011

Information War South of the Border

WARNING: Some of the contents of this

presentation are graphic.

NARCO WARS_______________________________Drug War South Of The Border

NARCO WARS_______________________________Drug Trafficking Routes

NARCO WARS_______________________________Gulf Cartel/Los Zetas Alliance

NARCO WARS_______________________________Osiel Cardenas

• Gulf Cartel Leader• Matamoros, Tamaulipas

• March 2003: Arrested• January 2007: Extradited• July 2009: Guilty Plea• February 2010: Sentenced

• 25 Years Federal Prison• $100,000 dollar fine• $50 million dollar forfeiture

NARCO WARS_______________________________Tamaulipas February 2010: Gulf Cartel vs. Los Zetas…

Gulf Cartel Los Zetas

NARCO WARS_______________________________Tamaulipas As Battleground

NARCO WARS_______________________________Turf War

NARCO WARS_______________________________The Mexican media is not shy….

NARCO WARS_______________________________Journalists are often caught in the crossfire of rival cartels…

NARCO WARS_______________________________Media blackout in Reynosa, Matamoros & other Tamaulipas cities…

NARCO WARS_______________________________No word from public officials….

NARCO WARS_______________________________The Rise of Social Media in Mexico

NARCO WARS_______________________________Local residents took matters into their own hands….

NARCO WARS_______________________________Blogs… Blogs… Blogs…

NARCO WARS_______________________________Public officials had to acknowledge the situation…

NARCO WARS_______________________________Using Twitter

• Think: Sending Text Message• 140 characters or less • Search by users• Users identified with “@” • Search by topics• Topics identified with “#”

NARCO WARS_______________________________Camargo

#CAMARGO

NARCO WARS_______________________________Miguel Aleman

#MiguelAleman

NARCO WARS_______________________________San Fernando: August 2010

#SanFernando

NARCO WARS_______________________________San Fernando: April 2011

#SanFernando

NARCO WARS_______________________________Valle Hermoso

#vallehermoso #vhfollow

NARCO WARS_______________________________Matamoros

#Matamoros #morosfollow

NARCO WARS_______________________________Reynosa

@dirdegobreynosa

#reynosafollow

#reynosa

NARCO WARS_______________________________Twitter To News: Sifting Fact From Fiction, Rumor & Exaggeration

NARCO WARS_______________________________From web to TV….

NARCO WARS_______________________________What comes next?

NARCO WARS_______________________________Cartel backlash?