Fails and Challenges of Military Intelligence and Counterintelligence: Culiacan, Mexico (2019) as Case Study

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Paloma Mendoza Cortes

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This analysis is based on the dissertation The Mexican Army decision-making process: The role of Military Intelligence. The original research is applied to the case of the Ovidio Guzmán capture operation in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. First-hand sources of military intelligence are confronted with information from open sources to evaluate the possible intelligence and counterintelligence failures that can explain the Mexican government´s decision to release Ovidio Guzman after members of his cartel committed acts of extreme violence and exploited social media. Based on the sources consulted, the author concludes the key factors that led to the failure of the operation were the lack of inter-agency cooperation and deficiencies in the decision-making process by the Security Cabinet of Mexico.

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Mendoza Cortes, P. (2020). Fails and Challenges of Military Intelligence and Counterintelligence: Culiacan, Mexico (2019) as Case Study. URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana De Estudios De Seguridad, (26), 37–56. https://doi.org/10.17141/urvio.26.2020.4225
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