MEXICO: Shifting alliances exacerbate violence

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  • Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon
  • Guerrero and Morelos
  • Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Durango
  • Fragmentation strategy
  • Two large blocks
  • Continually shifting alliances
  • Gulf organisation and Zetas
  • La Familia
  • Sinaloa
  • Juarez organisation
  • Beltran Leyva brothers
  • Shifting individual allegiances
  • Four possible scenarios
  • Unstable coalitions
  • Stable coalitions and balance of power
  • Monopolisation
  • Fragmentation

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