Whack-a-mole: The Monster and Monterrey: The Politics and Cartels of Mexico's Drug War

A well written, in-depth look at the multi-faceted dynamics of the drug war in Monterrey: including between the Zetas and the Gulf Cartel, the politicians and the cartels, the politicians and Mexican army. And last, all of them and the people.

The Monster and Monterrey: The Politics and Cartels of Mexico's Drug War | The Nation: "The narcomantas, as these public communiqués of the cartels are known, presaged a horrific explosion of violence in Monterrey, a city of 4 million people in northeastern Mexico and the country’s financial capital. In the months that followed, students would be gunned down at the gate of the city’s elite university. A mayor would be abducted, tortured and murdered. City squares, police stations and even the US consulate would be attacked with grenades. Blockades controlled by masked gunmen would paralyze the city for days on end. At the root of this violence was a turf war between the authors of the narcomantas, the Zetas, and their former ally the Gulf Cartel."