Like A Good Neighbor, Zetas Are Here

Not that this most recent news will come as a shock to anyone living or working in the ExxonMobil AMI:

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The reality is that the Mexican smuggling organizations are kicking ExxonMobil's butt across South Texas. ExxonMobil has the Texas Supreme Court, Judge Terrell, and the Railroad Commission under control.... but the Zetas control the surface of the ExxonMobil AMI in South Texas. They take whatever oil they want, they do whatever they want, they come and go as the please. The Zetas bypass the hassle of the court system and live by their own laws. Even though I know the traffickers are really violent, scary and bad to the bone, they are the ultimate capitalists and I find myself kind of rooting for them when they are running off Exxon and Chevron. Not that I condone violent crime, but at least the Zetas aren't hypocrites like ExxonMobil. In a region of such poverty, corruption, sickness and legacy oilfield mess, locals are so desperate that anyone looks good compared to ExxonMobil. Some locals justify their complicity with: "Hey, we are all going to die. Getting shot in the head is a better way than a slow agonizing death from leukemia - which seems the only other option. At least it's quick." (And, there is always the Kelsey Curve if you manage to survive ExxonMobil's mess and the Zetas.) Danger lurks around every corner. Theoretically, the Zetas don't bother people who don't bother them. Anyone who breathes air or drinks water is at the mercy of ExxonMobil and Chevron.