NARCO WARS Sergio Chapa KGBT-TV October 2011 Information War South of the Border
Mar 31, 2015
NARCO WARS
Sergio Chapa KGBT-TV October 2011
Information War South of the Border
WARNING: Some of the contents of this
presentation are graphic.
NARCO WARS_______________________________Drug War South Of The Border
NARCO WARS_______________________________Drug Trafficking Routes
NARCO WARS_______________________________Gulf Cartel/Los Zetas Alliance
NARCO WARS_______________________________Osiel Cardenas
• Gulf Cartel Leader• Matamoros, Tamaulipas
• March 2003: Arrested• January 2007: Extradited• July 2009: Guilty Plea• February 2010: Sentenced
• 25 Years Federal Prison• $100,000 dollar fine• $50 million dollar forfeiture
NARCO WARS_______________________________Tamaulipas February 2010: Gulf Cartel vs. Los Zetas…
Gulf Cartel Los Zetas
NARCO WARS_______________________________Tamaulipas As Battleground
NARCO WARS_______________________________Turf War
NARCO WARS_______________________________The Mexican media is not shy….
NARCO WARS_______________________________Journalists are often caught in the crossfire of rival cartels…
NARCO WARS_______________________________Media blackout in Reynosa, Matamoros & other Tamaulipas cities…
NARCO WARS_______________________________No word from public officials….
NARCO WARS_______________________________The Rise of Social Media in Mexico
NARCO WARS_______________________________Local residents took matters into their own hands….
NARCO WARS_______________________________Blogs… Blogs… Blogs…
NARCO WARS_______________________________Public officials had to acknowledge the situation…
NARCO WARS_______________________________Using Twitter
• Think: Sending Text Message• 140 characters or less • Search by users• Users identified with “@” • Search by topics• Topics identified with “#”
NARCO WARS_______________________________Camargo
#CAMARGO
NARCO WARS_______________________________Miguel Aleman
#MiguelAleman
NARCO WARS_______________________________San Fernando: August 2010
#SanFernando
NARCO WARS_______________________________San Fernando: April 2011
#SanFernando
NARCO WARS_______________________________Valle Hermoso
#vallehermoso #vhfollow
NARCO WARS_______________________________Matamoros
#Matamoros #morosfollow
NARCO WARS_______________________________Reynosa
@dirdegobreynosa
#reynosafollow
#reynosa
NARCO WARS_______________________________Twitter To News: Sifting Fact From Fiction, Rumor & Exaggeration
NARCO WARS_______________________________From web to TV….
NARCO WARS_______________________________What comes next?
NARCO WARS_______________________________Cartel backlash?