Hezbollah Thesis

One of the most dangerous and deadliest Terrorist groups in the world was discovered to be teaming up with some of the most ruthless and unforgiving drug cartel groups in Mexico, both have their eyes on taking their own shots at “The land of the Free”. It is a fight that looks like Mexico’s government might win, although Hezbollah has put up a fight, but the Government has struck down every output and shop that they have scattered around Mexico. My inspiration to write this paper was to dive deeper ion the reason why There seems to be no stop at all, to all kinds of Terrorism in Mexico. How does the relationship that Hezbollah has with the Mexican Cartel affect the Mexican People? With tensions growing stronger everyday, it's very relevant

Hezbollah, and its relationship with the Mexican drug cartel are a very dynamic and dangerous couple, each supplying the other with what they want and need. This is extremely dangerous for the U.S because it allows Mexico to be a Proxy for attacks, recruiting, and smuggling. Hezbollah has a very businesslike and dangerous presence in Latin America, more specifically in along the US-Mexico Border. “in 2006 the FBI broke up a Mexican smuggling ring organized by Hezbollah to transport operatives across the U.S.-Mexican border” (Berman). This piece of evidence clearly backs-up the claim because it shows that not only has Hezbollah had a presence in Mexico, but it is also using Mexico as a station to transport its operatives into the U.S illegally. This also shows us that Hezbollah was settled enough to already have a crime presence in Mexico, and must have connections to transport potential attackers and marketing specialists. “Another incident confirming the presence of Al Shabaab ( And

That Hezbollah is too busy with their civil war back in their home country to be able to send people to the other side of the World. It would be foolish of them to stretch out their resources just for transporting people, when they could easily use those resources to get better weapons. “The tri border area is especially important to Hezbollah, where the group raises close to $10,000,000 a year, according to a study produced by the U.S. Naval War College. ”(“Hezbollah Finances…”). Although it may seem like Hezbollah has enough money to fund their groups for a couple years, in reality, this is very little when you bring in the cost of guns and ammunition. A typical AK47 cost about $1,200 and if Hezbollah wanted to arm 3000 of their men, the price would come out to $3,600,000 almost 40% of their Money. Not to Mention that you would also need money to resupply your men with ammunition. An AK47 Magazine Pouch that holds 3, 20 round Mags is worth about $13, and to resupply those 3000 men it would cost $37500. Those 10 million dollars are quickly wasted when trying to arm and supply such a big group as Hezbollah. “Authorities believe Fayad sent over $50 million to Hezbollah since 1995, (“Hezbollah Finances...”). Sobhi Mahmoud Fayad a senior Tri Border Area Hezbollah