Elite troops take sides in Mexican drugs wars - Americas - Al Jazeera English: "An infamous Guatemalan army unit is waging war on Mexico's cartels, but some of its soldiers have swapped sides. ...
The Kaibiles are infamous for their role in killing civilians during Guatemala's civil war. Their mission has since changed to help fight drug trafficking, but now they are faced with pursuing their own civil war.
Renegade and retired members of Kaibiles have been recruited by Mexico's Zetas drug gang, especially in the Peten and Alto Verapaz regions bordering Mexico.
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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