The authors of this piece, individually, collectively, and in cooperation with other scholars and analysts, have written about the criminal insurgencies in Mexico and various themes related to them in Small Wars Journal and in many other publications for some years now. The Small Wars publications alone include State of Siege: Mexico\u27s Criminal Insurgency, Plazas for Profit: Mexico\u27s Criminal Insurgency, Cartel v. Cartel: Mexico\u27s Criminal Insurgency, The Spiritual Significance of ¿Plata O Plomo?, Explosive Escalation?: Reflections on the Car Bombing in Ciudad Juarez, and The U.S. Strategic Imperative Must Shift From Iraq/Afghanistan to Mexico/The Americas and the Stabilization of Europe. Certain truths have become evident from such writings and the raging conflicts that they describe and analyze
