Mexico the land of salsa, tortillas and corruption;
I came for the first time in Mexico City in February 2002 as an instructor for the WFB - the World Federation of Bodyguards. A Mexican security service had Anders Sorenson, the Norwegian WFB instructor and I so instructed, set up a training program for BG's in Mexico.
I came through customs and the weapons search, shook his head at the Mexican officials speak only Spanish, so that my visa interview, a complete waste ofTime.
This is one of my first lessons about Mexico was almost all Mexicans dream of living in the United States, but the vast majority speaks nothing but Mexican Spanish. This lack of knowledge of English goes all the way from the basic labor uneducated workers who studied law!
The assassination:
On my second day in Mexico, I witnessed a Mexican Assassination complete with a "Hollywood movie" car chase. Sitting in our chauffeur cars,I enjoyed the sights in the city of Morelia, Michoacan, when I suddenly heard the familiar sounds of automatic rifle fire. A few seconds later a Bronco Jeep, peppered with bullet holes raced past us. The jeep rammed into a vehicle directly in front of us and stopped for a moment. The passenger was hanging half out of the shattered side window, half went to the head with brain mass shows a woman fell in the back covered in blood. Since the driver back his mind and drove awayram other cars on the street as he fled.
The sounds of automatic fire breaks came again, but much louder and closer. Seconds later a black jeep sped by two gunmen hanging out the windows firing bursts from automatic AR-15's. From now on, seated, from the back seat, I shouted our driver to give chase and try to ram the second vehicle, but the drivers were paralyzed with shock and not responding to other knocked him back to reality.
When we finally we gave chaseonly fleetingly, the murderer of a jeep, turn right at an intersection 30 yards away. Our driver was complaining about it is too dangerous, very close to the killer, but he managed to give a quick chase. As we turned right at the intersection we witnessed 10-15 heavy armed police surround the assassins jeep.
The driver of the Jeep Bronco were dropped dead over the steering wheel, he had done everything to the attack site and managed to avoid the escape of the murderer. Realizingnot the bombers wanted to give in, the driver had driven his horn in the flaring-parking zone around the heavily guarded high-security wing police detention center, where he knew immediately helped to hand.
The assassination turned out to be taken as a drug cartel, the dead in the front were a cartel leader, the woman in the back of his wife and the driver's personal bodyguard. The three accused were arrested and charged with three counts of murder, they all pleaded guiltyand subsequently each received a 12-year sentence with parole after 8 years.
My real surprise at the murder was the fact that the killers continue their attacks, having had the goal to circumvent the attack on the spot.
This contradicts all the "normal" modus operandi of professional killers, as giving chase across the city makes the whole team killers, witnesses and law enforcement. Months earlier, I would argue that this kind of "spray and pray car could hunt"only happen in a Hollywood movie.
When I discussed this matter with the CEO of local TV Azteca, he told me the reason for the attack continued, was that the assassin had struck more fear of bungling and when the arrest by the police. They knew that their leaders of the cartel would not accept their failure and that he to reward their loyalty and commitment. They received the best defense money could buy justice, bribes to the prosecutor and judge, grease on the prison guards, etc. EightYears in prison was not simply a bad deal for the assassins! This is a situation similar to what is happening in Russia, where standard CP preventive methods is not easy to protect your ass either.
The assassination proved a blessing in disguise, at least up to Anders and I, who suddenly wanted the two "persons in Morelia city. We have had inquiries and questions about training to get into the police VIP protection teams and security managers for the filthy rich. The WFBcould not arrive in the city on a better day.
Since the flavor of the month:
Everyone in the protection and his dog wanted to see what we had to offer in the field of vocational training. All were very interested, but also very skeptical about our training, the Mexicans are careful with the gringos out solutions to all their problems. Very open, they told us that they are "not enough"-had good experience with American (U.S.) templates for everything. Our schedule was quickly filled with meetingsfollowed by training contracts.
In the next few months we began training and courses of business VIP protection units and various police departments in the states of Michoacan and San Luis Potosi. The Police Department, we included the training state SWAT teams and Hostage Rescue Conference teams. These courses were at the police academy and we even have a seminar for the Army during the Army Day.
Kidnapping Industry:
Mexico is more than enoughShares of drug trafficking, robberies, kidnappings and murders. In 2002, Mexico was the No. 1 country for kidnappings, taking the lead even Columbia, a position instead of Mexico, until they toppled by China in 2004. Currently there are about 4,000 kidnappings a year in Mexico. Found a report published in 2002 by the Mexican Ministry of Justice, that former or police forces were involved in the planning or cover of 80% of all kidnappings.
Training of the police:
One of thethe interesting facts about Mexico is the enormous amount of police officers pr head. Even in a medium-sized state such as SLP there are more than 3000 State Police Officers. Add that on top of a strong presence in the city, Federal and Ministerial police officers. For a "European" the shear amount of police officers and independent departments are staggering and the responsibilities are often over lapping and confusing. There is almost zero communication between the various departments andRivalries are the norm, between the departments of State, the police, the federal and state ministerial police.
At a price for the Ministerial Police HRT, we had to stop early because the course was at the State Police Academy, the state and instead of the police joint ministerial meeting. But the National Academy of Chief Ministers have been harassed by the police and decided suddenly that they could not use the firing range, as it officially under the supervision of the State Policeetc.
This is one thing foreigners need to bear in mind in Mexico, politics are a part of everything, and corruption is not a dirty word. Anyone looking for "boss" did "what's in it for me" and if you could provide him with something he wanted to, there it ends, what could be done. Firearms are a very sensitive issue in Mexico, only the police and the army has the right to bear arms. Bodyguards are not officially allowed to bear arms, but if you have the right "Employers know" the lawmeans nothing.
Be that as it does not prevent other departments of the police from a bear to tell you about his arm. For our third course in Mexico, we have a Corporate Training VIP Protection Unit of the Industrial Policy. The industrial policy was simply a "name" for a unit funded by the rich in a particular state is, they would rent out their bodyguards, and then they have "committed" to the paper from an industrial policy. In this way, corporate VIP protection units could legally carryArms. The bodyguards would be a salary from an industrial policy and a substantial cash bonus from the company to work for them.
Weapons, or rather a lack of weapons:
Another interesting problem in Mexico is the acquisition of weapons as the only "body", the right to import arms and ammunition have is the army. Also, the Police Department to buy or lease their weapons and ammunition by the Army. Unfortunately, this means that the pricesfor legal weapons and ammunition are absolutely outrageous. The Army uses its monopoly to its own weapons and ammunition purchases and financing needs, so that the army have "free" weapons and ammunition through the taxes they levy for the police.
One consequence is that you can now see new MP-5s swing Soldiers used to watch, while the local police SWAT team is still based on Beretta M-12s and Uzis. It also leads to outrageously low amount of ammunition allowed for trainingPolice officers in the use of firearms. The majority of police officers fire less than 20 balls per year and in a state that I saw the weapons, training and certification for weapons of the police cadets, after only 12 shots fired from a revolver! More than two thirds of the Cadets not hit their target with more than 2 balls of 12, a 10 meters away! After that I was "afraid" when, at an armed police cadets, I jokingly said the head of the local police,Please do not try to save me I should be abducted.
Among the most interesting aspects of Mexican, "" Personal We have found that the vast majority of their weapons in the back of the pants to stay, gangster-style preference. And greedily claimed that this was the safest and easiest method of carrying a gun during training, but the weapons would fall all over the place. The main reason is that the bodyguards did not happen to a firearm, but usually when betweenShift change, they are buying "cheap" to their own holster to. We have it "knows" that this is unacceptable, and students just made the mistake of "pulling" the weapon in the war einmal!
Personal Mexican style:
Another interesting aspect of Mexico's "personal" is the fact that many VIPs prefer (requirements), transfer to their own vehicle so that the bodyguards are just following in a backup car. There were daily stories of smart ass VIPs (usually the sons ofrich) just out-drive of the bodyguards, the sons were of course driving Ferrari or other sports cars. A Fortune-500-VIP, we preferably trained around in a two-seat convertible Mercedes, of course, protects him from hell for the trade associations to drive.
Readers who have access to the first issue of protection have news, you can take a picture of the WFB and Debus Embusen adapting its training to accommodate the VIP to his own car. We have also found that most had a huge range of VIPsLuxury bus, which they used for cross-border travel within the state of Mexico. Through this we had to improvise and to teach Embusen Debus and drills in this square and linear attack on the bus, while the Counter Assault Team training.
A True Life Experience:
Mexico was a breath of fresh air to me as a European CPO, were all that were different from working in Europe and the threat level is much higher and the experience we have learned that the BGs can rely on the police.The vast majority of professional associations and the police I met with (several hundred) were trained and highly motivated to learn all the good guys, who really wanted to. They were all sick, how things were done in Mexico, and especially the corruption, but there was little they could, however. Mexico is truly a land of opportunity for the European BG educational institution, as long as you accept the rules of business, "corruption" and the status quo. If you want to earn money in Mexico, just go there toHoliday Drop-in for a visit of the VIP security managers and local police chiefs, and soon you'll be immersed in the Mexican economy BG.
One night, as I still have a drink with a local police chief, I was obvious on the drug trade. The boss looked at me and said, when I started this job, I received an e-mail package, two packages were to include a $ 10,000 the other a ball! When I asked him what he did, he said quietly, well I'm stillhere ...
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