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## Re: [CT] thoughts on anonymous kidnap announcement

Released on 2012-08-31 05:00 GMT

Email-ID | 4756836
Date | 2011-11-04 07:08:05
From | tristan.reed@stratfor.com
To | ct@stratfor.com
List-Name | ct@stratfor.com

This came from Anonymous Iberoamerica's blog site. This site was announce
on Anonymous Mexico's facebook page. They have been putting "official
announcements" of #OpCartel since at least this weekend, maybe longer. So
victim was released, some how this blogger verified the release, states
the Zetas held up their end of the threat, and now Anonymous Iberoamerica
is ceasing to release Zeta information.
The victim was held by the Zetas (allegedly, it could have been a small
kidnapping ring) for a rather long time, at least to the last Paperstorm
protest. Why would someone kidnap an individual if it wasn't for forced
labor or ransom and keep them alive for at least a month (maybe a lot
longer?) The kidnappers may not have caved due to pressure, maybe someone
paid a ransom. Or maybe the whole video to this was a hoax. Regardless of
what actually happened, there is potential this whole series of events has
created a new headache for Los Zetas. I wonder what Lazcano is thinking
about these computer geeks.
Comunicado #OpCartel
01:36 SILVERFOX 66 COMMENTS Y 18 REACTIONS
En el dia de hoy, nuestro companero anonymous retenido por el cartel de
los zetas ha sido liberado.
Hemos prestado sumo cuidado en verificar su identidad mediante contactos
con sus companeros y amigos y podemos decir que aunque magullado, esta
sano y salvo.
Nos ha hecho llegar un mensaje, si Anonymous desvela algun nombre
relacionado con el cartel, la familia del anonimo retenido sufrira las
consecuencias, por cada nombre del cartel revelado, diez personas seran
ajusticiadas.
No esta en nuestro animo que la lucha diaria que llevamos a cabo por la
libertad en el mundo conlleve que personas inocentes sean victimas de la
violencia y la barbarie que diariamente azotan a los mexicanos por parte
de los carteles de la droga.
El colectivo de Anonymous ha decidido por consenso que la informacion de
la que disponemos no sea desvelada por el momento, ya que entendemos que
no podemos obviar las amenazas que involucran a personas civiles inocentes
que nada tienen que ver con nuestras acciones.
El Conocimiento es Libre
Somos Anonimos.
Somos Legion.
No Perdonamos.
No Olvidamos.
Esperadnos.
On 11/3/11 8:44 PM, Sean Noonan wrote:
word. I only meant the IRC discussion as an example. "Claiming to be
Anonymous on twatter" works for me too. And more importantly, that
these fuckers aren't even part of the "op" is enlightening (though who
is part of and not part of the "op" is unclear enough)
On 11/3/11 8:13 PM, Tristan Reed wrote:
Yep.
I agree with Sean's point on "active in their IRC or 4chan
discussions", but in this case we are reading Twitter messages
discussing the opcartel topic. The concept of Anonymous gets murkier
since a lot of announcements have been coming from individuals who do
not even claim to be a part of Anonymous or opcartel. We've addressed
the potential threat OpCartel poses and the possibilities of its
significance but information is stemming from Twitter messages only
now of individuals we can not always place in the umbrella term
Anonymous. I haven't seen much discussions on #opcartel from many
English twitter / facebook outlets, has anyone else? Before Monday, I
only saw OpCartel messages / facebook announcements that were in
Spanish.
Unless information comes from outside twitter messages relevant to
OpCartel or revealing information begins to flow, I don't think we
have anything additional to work off in regards to potential
consequences of OpCartel. The video and the Twitter discussions do add
something to cartel and the public dynamic. The media attention
certainly has been a contributing factor to the significance of that.
There has been anti-cartel blogs for a while, Zetas accused
individuals of being bloggers and killed them. The blogs however are
never organized on a specific cartel topics. Usually belligerent
rants. OpCartel is a broad discussion which focuses on the Zetas, and
how online activists could harm the Zetas. Massive discussions of Los
Zetas brutality and an attempts to channel discontent into a more
cohesive threat against the Zetas are ongoing now. OpCartel thrown in
the media spotlight and the Zetas are now the topic of an
international discussion of a citizens uprising. The threat could be
hollow and nothing materializes, but Los Zetas which has demonstrated
a strong desire to minimize focus on their operations is showing up on
CNN, Fox News, and BBC's frontpages simultaneously about how citizens
want to harm them for their history of brutality. This could play into
inter-cartel dynamics as well. We've discussed cartels blaming each
other as a tactic to bolster their PR. Narco Mantas from groups like
LFM / KT and CJNG denounce the same activities the Anonymous video
cited. Could rival cartels in Mexico capitalize on this attention?
What is the potential of the focus spurring more public backlash?
Victoria has mentioned to me the possibility of posing as Zetas as a
potential tactic for cartels. I haven't looked out for this tactic so
far, is this tactic something that has been demonstrated? If so, could
this bolster the tactic or begin a trend if not done yet?
On 11/3/11 7:13 PM, Sean Noonan wrote:
Agree with victoria.
Also, there is no such thing as a spokesman for "anonymous", since
it is not even an organization. This should read "someone CLAIMING
to be a spokesman for anonymous". And anyone else should be a
"claimed member" or someone "active in their IRC or 4chan
discussions" etc
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From: Victoria Allen <Victoria.Allen@stratfor.com>
Sender: ct-bounces@stratfor.com
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:14:48 -0500 (CDT)
To: CT AOR<ct@stratfor.com>
ReplyTo: CT AOR <ct@stratfor.com>
Subject: Re: [CT] thoughts on anonymous kidnap announcement
A few sticking points: undefined/unclassified "kidnapping" should
not be equated with "revenue stream," and while kidnapping is not
the sole purview of Los Zetas, we need to stop using the vague,
generic, "cartels" if the primary player in this situation is a
singular cartel. The BIG reason why we need to be careful here,
regarding the equating of "kidnapping" with "revenue" in this
situation -- regardless of whether the "kidnapped Anonymous member"
has actually been released or not -- is because there has been no
confirmation that there was any demand for a ransom payment.
Because of that, the person this is revolving around may have been
kidnapped for three or four other reasons.
On 3 Nov 2011, at 17:33 , Ben West wrote:
Hey guys, Kyle wanted me to put some thoughts together on the
Anonymous tweet that announced the "kidnapped girl" had been
freed. Here's my go at it. Let me know if there's anything we can
add or should take out.
On October 6th, a spokesman for the online activist collective,
Anonymous, appeared in a video demanding that Los Zetas release a
girl that they allegedly kidnapped and threatened to publicize
information about individuals cooperating with the cartels.
This claim was never corroborated with other sources. Kidnappings
are a daily occurrence in Mexico and are typically done for
ransom. Kidnappings have become one of the primary streams of
revenue for cartels Not one of the primary streams, by a long
shot, BUT definitely a significant though minority percentage. The
point is that it is not possible to quantify the monetary benefit
stemming specifically from ransom kidnapping - and we cannot lump
all kidnappings as being for ransom, either. We know that the
cartels are feeling the pinch in their narcotics revenues, and we
know that kidnapping has gone up. But we cannot make the leap from
that corollary to calling kidnapping one of the cartels' "primary
streams of revenue." . Many kidnappings go unreported.
The structure of Anonymous is very murky. It is certainly not a
monolithic group and certainly does not have a hierarchical
command chain. It is made up of individuals, some of whom act as
spokespersons for the entity on websites such as youtube or
twitter. However, looking over the forums of anonymous should that
be capitalized? discussions, it is clear that there has been
disagreement over whether or not to pursue and publicize
information on the cartels. Many Anonymous members seem to be
aware of the threat that the Mexican cartels pose and seem
disinclined to risk the consequences of incurring the cartels'
wrath. So there isn't a consensus within Anonymous over whether or
not to pursue the cartels. Certainly some within the group are
eager to pursue the cartels, as evidenced by the Oct. 31
announcement that Anonymous was going to seek out and publicize
sensitive information on the cartels, but those individuals are
doing so on a voluntary basis.
The veracity of tweets from the group is, then, somewhat a moot
point. There are various individuals with varying agendas working
under the banner of Anonymous. One member may claim one thing that
is denied by another member. There is no single, authoritative
"voice" of Anonymous that speaks for the entire group. That fact,
combined with the fact that we have no way of proving that the
girl Anonymous is talking about was ever kidnapped and being held
by Los Zetas in the first place. It is an extremely murky
situation and one tweet isn't going to determine the future of
anonymous.
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