http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:3enHshY_9LcJ:www.mamacoca.org/feb2002/art_bagley_globalization_organized_crime_en.html+Dolgopruadnanskaya+taliban&hl=en
This is a link that davey found, I can't read it all, but about a third of the way down from the top, is a section on Mexico, the russian mafia connections to the gangs.
Davey, it is very interesting, but the eyes want to rest.
Thanks for the link granny.