Book Review – “Los Zetas Inc: Criminal Corporations, Energy, and Civil War in Mexico”

This article reviews Los Zetas Inc: Criminal Corporations, Energy and Civil War in Mexico by Guadalupe Cabrera-Correa. Her book attempts to address some of the inaccuracies of journalistic descriptions of organized criminal activities. The review challenges some of the author's hypotheses, in particular the characterization of the current context of Mexico as one in the midst of a 'new' civil war.