Mexico's Zetas Drug Cartel Threatened By 'Anonymous' Hacker Group

[Ideologue]

Why not B-52s?

[Tonitrus]

Why not B-52s?

Their music might be bad, but not bad enough to qualify as a terrorist group.

[Ideologue]

Why not B-52s?

Their music might be bad, but not bad enough to qualify as a terrorist group.

You joyless monster.

[The Brain]

I wonder why Zetas and the likes haven't been classified as terrorist groups yet.  Surely their tactics qualify for the label.

America would have to invade.

[Razgovory]

I wonder why Zetas and the likes haven't been classified as terrorist groups yet.  Surely their tactics qualify for the label.

Actually that's a good question.  Considering what the Cartels are stooping to they really should be labeled terrorist groups.  I was looking at the legal definition of terrorism for the State Department and they seem to fit.  For Instance:

The seizing or detaining, and threatening to kill, injure, or continue to detain, another individual in order to compel a third person (including a governmental organization) to do or abstain from doing any act as an explicit or implicit condition for the release of the individual seized or detained.

Seems to fit pretty well.  Not to mention the bomb attacks, and assorted massacres.  These groups are not overtly political, but I think have actually gotten beyond mere gangsterism.  The reason why they haven't been so labeled is probably turf war.  The DEA probably wouldn't like it they lost more authority on this front.