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1. The allegations that the men were initially alive while being skinned are based on unofficial sources. CitationVentura, ‘Les arranaron la piel cuando aun estaban vivos’.
2. CitationStrobel, ‘The CNN Effect’.
3. The author has conducted interviews in El Salvador (most recently in January and February 2011) specific to the civil war, insurgencies, torture, extreme violence, and how these cultural scares have translated into the country's current struggle to manage public security.
4. CitationCorchado, ‘Point Person’.
5. Author interview, name withheld, former Guatemala military officer, November 2010.
6. For a thorough discussion of Los Zetas organizational structure, see CitationGozmez, ‘“Los Zetas” por dentro’; for an English-language discussion of Los Zetas' organization, see CitationLogan, ‘Inside Los Zetas’.
7. CitationGrayson, ‘La Familia’.
8. CitationElliston, ‘Psywar Terror Tactics’.
9. Distinguish old-school from new-school – Los Zetas really the first new school.
10. CitationCorchado, ‘Cartel's Enforcers Outpower Their Boss’.
11. CitationCorchado, ‘Cartel's Enforcers Outpower Their Boss’
12. CitationCorchado, ‘Cartel's Enforcers Outpower Their Boss’
13. CitationRavelo, ‘El Reparto del Mercado’, 46.
14. CitationRavelo, ‘El Reparto del Mercado’, 46
15. CitationRavelo, ‘El Reparto del Mercado’, 46, 47.
16. CitationRavelo, ‘El Reparto del Mercado’, 46
17. CitationGarcia, ‘El Chapo, el primero que rompio el pacto de paz, afirma La Barbie’, 4.
18. Ravelo, ‘El Reparto del Mercado’, 49.
19. ‘Tamaulipas, El Otro Poder’, 20.
20. ‘Tamaulipas, El Otro Poder’, 20
21. CitationOlmos, ‘Tijuana: el heroe falso’.
22. Author interview with ATF Agent, name withheld, who inspected the scene hours after the bomb detonated, 16 July 2010.
23. CitationRedaccion, ‘No dejaron chingarme a mis rivals’.
24. CitationRamsey, ‘With Decline of Mexico's Drug Cartels, Violence on the Rise’.
25. As of 13 April 2011, Mexican authorities have discovered 116 bodies, located in at least eight mass graves littered across the state of Tamaulipas. See, CitationMejia, ‘Van 116 cuerpos; acusan a Zetas’.