Comments on: Cross-Border Gang Trained By Mexico’s Zetas Cartel – Taught to kill people traveling inside vehicles https://vehicledynamics.com/cross-border-gang-trained-by-mexicos-zetas-cartel-taught-to-kill-people-traveling-inside-vehicles/ Advanced Driving Training Sun, 09 Feb 2014 22:12:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Dave Sowder https://vehicledynamics.com/cross-border-gang-trained-by-mexicos-zetas-cartel-taught-to-kill-people-traveling-inside-vehicles/#comment-2 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 22:12:53 +0000 http://vehicledynamics.com/?p=803#comment-2 Everyone knows that 80 % of attacks occur when you are mobile, but teams that motorcade the same route each day (go figure) become complacent. Couple years ago I received a cell phone call that we all dread. While working a detail in central Mexico we almost lost a well trained, high risk team due to this dangerous situation. It wasn’t that the team wasn’t properly trained or tactically sound, they were, but they became complacent because on several trips, motorcade movement went smooth, maybe too smooth, almost boring. Then they broke their own rules and it almost cost them their lives!

A team member was kidnapped and armored vehicle stolen in the attack that happened in seconds (not minutes or hours), extremely fortunate that the team member was released safe after only a few days, but it goes to show that you have to bring your A game everyday!

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