You are wrong. They are emboldened by US policies and their own successes, and few bother with the old-fashioned “low profile” stuff. They’re out in the open and up front these days. I wouldn’t call handing the head of an investigator to a police chief “low profile,” nor would I consider it low profile to deliver messages to state law enforcement that they and their families will die if they do their jobs. I wouldn’t call today’s cartel criminals low profile—I’d call them brazen.
And still this country does nothing.
Six Gunmen Die in Clash with Mexican Troops
Saturday, October 9, 2010/Borderland Beat Reporter
Six gunmen were killed in a clash with army troops in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, Mexico’s defense department said Friday.
One soldier was wounded in the engagement in the municipality of Nueva Ciudad Guerrero.
Helicopter-borne troops under the command of the 7th Military Zone were conducting “aerial reconnaissance” Thursday when they detected a vehicle hidden in the vegetation and stopped to investigate, the defense department said in a statement.
On landing to inspect the vehicle, the soldiers “were attacked with gunfire by suspected organized crime elements who sheltered in a structure,” the statement continued.
Besides killing six of the assailants, the troops seized seven assault rifles, a grenade-launcher, ammunition and an SUV.
Two powerful drug mobs, the Gulf cartel and Los Zetas, are battling each other for control of the illegal trade in Tamaulipas, which borders Texas.
I always ask the same question about a low profile when it comes to stories about the cartels.
In this case,they cut the head off the head of the lead investigator which sort of throws the whole low profile out the window.
Yes,the Mexican police don’t believe its related but they have not put forth another reason. I would guess it is related and the Mexican police have to say its not otherwise there would be nobody working on the case.