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I was reading an article in The Economist (sadl in print, so can't link to that) that was talking about the RL Mexican drug cartel known as La Familia.

Zomg, this is straight out of a Shadowrun plot, I tell ya. Here are some wiki articles:

La Familia

La Familia cartel is sometimes described as a "pseudo-evangelical cult" since its current leaders, Moreno González and Méndez Vargas, refer to their assassinations and beheadings as "divine justice" and that they may have direct or indirect ties with devotees of the New Jerusalem religious movement, which is noted for its concern for justice issues

Los Zetas (which is even MORE shadowrun... ex-special ops that turn drug dealers!)

The group was founded by former Mexican Army elite soldiers and is now formed by ex-federal, state, and local police officers, as well as ex-Kaibiles, bringing a total force of over 4000 men.
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The group is extremely well armed, they wear body armor and some wear Kevlar ballistic helmets; their arsenal includes AR-15 and AK-47 rifles, MP5 submachine guns, 50 cal. machine guns, grenade launchers, surface-to-air missiles, dynamite and helicopters

You can't make this shit up.