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## Re: [Fwd: Re: FW: From MX1 -- 2]

Released on 2012-08-19 05:00 GMT

Email-ID | 1747720
Date | 2010-06-04 18:45:25
From | marko.papic@stratfor.com
To | burton@stratfor.com, alex.posey@stratfor.com

>Follow up --
>
>Any evidence one of the FSN's were dirty, perhaps selling visas?
Not that I know. Personally, I suspect that would not be the case.
I know the RSO in CDJ and he runs a very tight ship.
Fred Burton wrote:
Marko,
Can you ping MX1 on this report to see if there have been any further
developments?
To clarify if I read this right, MX1 is saying the U.S. has signaled MX
that its okay for the Mexicans to negotiate with the cartels? Or, am I
missing something?
Thanks
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*From:* Marko Papic [mailto:marko.papic@stratfor.com
<mailto:marko.papic@stratfor.com>]
*Sent:* Monday, April 19, 2010 6:50 PM
*To:* burton@stratfor.com <mailto:burton@stratfor.com>
*Cc:* Fred Burton; Scott Stewart; Alex Posey; Ben West
*Subject:* Re: From MX1 -- 2
The Mexican strategy is not to negotiate directly.
In any event, "negotiations" would take place as follows:
(assuming a non-disputed plaza)
- They bring some drugs, the transport some drugs, they are
discrete, they don't bother anyone, no one gets hurt.
- Government turns the other way
- They kill someone or do something violent
- Government responds by taking down drug network or making arrests
(now, assuming a disputed plaza)
- Group comes in, government waits to see how dominant cartel
responds
- If dominant cartel fights them, government takes them down
- If dominant cartel is allied, no problem.
- If group comes in and start committing violence, they get taken
down: first by the government letting the dominant cartel do their
thing, then punishing both cartels.
As you can see, this is not a good strategy, but this is how
"negotiations" take place with cartels, through signals. There are
no meetings, etc...
So, the MX strategy is not to negotiate. However, I think the US
sent a signal that could be construed as follows:
"To the VCF and Sinaloa cartels: Thank you for providing our
market with drugs over the years. We are now concerned about your
perpetration of violence, and would like to see you stop that. In
this regard, please know that Sinaloa is bigger and better than
VCF. Also note that CDJ is very important to us, as is the whole
border. In this light, please talk amongst yourselves and lets all
get back to business. Again, we recognize that Sinaloa is bigger
and better, so either VCF gets in line or we will mess you up."
I don't know what the US strategy is, but I can tell you that if
the message was understood by Sinaloa and VCF as I described above,
the Mexican government would not be opposed at all.
In sum, I have a gut feeling that the US agencies tried to send a
signal telling the cartels to negotiate themselves. They
unilaterally declared a winner, and this is unprecedented, and
deserves analysis. If there was no strategy behind this, and it
was simply a leaked report, then I will be interested to see how it
plays out in the coming months.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Burton" <burton@stratfor.com <mailto:burton@stratfor.com>>
To: "Marko Papic" <marko.papic@stratfor.com
<mailto:marko.papic@stratfor.com>>, "Fred Burton"
<fred.burton@stratfor.com <mailto:fred.burton@stratfor.com>>, "Scott
Stewart" <scott.stewart@stratfor.com
<mailto:scott.stewart@stratfor.com>>, "Alex Posey"
<alex.posey@stratfor.com <mailto:alex.posey@stratfor.com>>, "Ben
West" <ben.west@stratfor.com <mailto:ben.west@stratfor.com>>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:36:40 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: From MX1 -- 2
Can you ask if the MX strategy is a desire for direct negotiation
with the cartels?
If so, doesn't that give the cartels recognized diplomacy?
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Marko Papic
Geopol Analyst - Eurasia
STRATFOR
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Austin, Texas
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