1. NARCO WARS Sergio Chapa KGBT-TV October 2011 Information War South of the Border

2. WARNING: Some of the contents of this presentation are graphic.

3. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Drug War South Of The Border

4. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Drug Trafficking Routes

5. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Gulf Cartel/Los Zetas Alliance

6. 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

7. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Tamaulipas February 2010: Gulf Cartel vs. Los Zetas… Gulf Cartel Los Zetas

8. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Tamaulipas As Battleground

9. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Turf War

10. NARCO WARS _______________________________ The Mexican media is not shy….

11. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Journalists are often caught in the crossfire of rival cartels…

12. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Media blackout in Reynosa, Matamoros & other Tamaulipas cities…

13. NARCO WARS _______________________________ No word from public officials….

14. NARCO WARS _______________________________ The Rise of Social Media in Mexico

15. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Local residents took matters into their own hands….

16. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Blogs… Blogs… Blogs…

17. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Public officials had to acknowledge the situation…

18. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Using Twitter Think: Sending Text Message 140 characters or less Search by users Users identified with @ Search by topics Topics identified with #

19. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Camargo #CAMARGO

20. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Miguel Aleman #MiguelAleman

21. NARCO WARS _______________________________ San Fernando: August 2010 #SanFernando

22. NARCO WARS _______________________________ San Fernando: April 2011 #SanFernando

23. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Valle Hermoso #vallehermoso #vhfollow

24. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Matamoros #Matamoros #morosfollow

25. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Reynosa @dirdegobreynosa #reynosafollow #reynosa

26. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Twitter To News: Sifting Fact From Fiction, Rumor & Exaggeration

27. NARCO WARS _______________________________ From web to TV….

28. NARCO WARS _______________________________ What comes next?

29. NARCO WARS _______________________________ Cartel backlash?