Equity Analyst Jobs

Mexican drug cartels are now advertising for young men to step up and to come and join their ranks to fight the Mexican army. The ads and banners premise those who join will make good money have food and a place to stay even while in training. The Journal has learned that this same type of advertising is planned for Juarez, TJ and other Mexican border cities.

Mexican drug cartels according to recent press reports have military style training camps on and near the border with the United States. These Training camps are for military-style killers. Federal authorities say these camps have Afghanistan and other middle eastern instructors who teach the latest military fighting tactics that are utilized in Iraq and Afghanistan by the Islamic radicals that are fighting and killing American and allied troops in those countries. Mexican officials admit they know of special training camps in the Mexican states of Tamaulipas and Michoacan, where newly recruited Zetas take intensive six-week training courses in weapons, tactics and intelligence gathering.

Iran is believed providing at least some of the money for this recruiting and training program. The training camps are teaching hit and run gorilla technique's. Cells of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) have sent their seasoned veterans to oversee the training of the new troops and to direct the war against the Mexican government on behalf of the Mexican Cartels. Trained fighters from al-Qaida, Hizballah (Party of God) Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have been seen in Mexico and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reported cells from these terrorist organizations are believed here in the U.S. as well. According to a well placed CIA operative.

The El Paso Journal has been told by an anonymous caller who claims to be an Lt. of a Mexican cartel said in advance, "that the Mexican drug cartels would be advertising for recruits to train as cartel soldiers to fight the Mexican army which has been sent to the border with the U.S. to extinguish the Mexican drug cartels". Just today a week or so since he made the predictions banners where string across a main artery in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico advertising for recruits. He also said they would be advertising on the internet which has also happened. His predictions have been accurate so far. He told of the Mexican army coming to each border town before they did. The Journal has not reported any of his predictions to date without confirmation from other independent unrelated and reliable sources.

The Mexican government first realized that Islamic radical militants were already starting to infiltrate the country in statements by high-ranking Mexican officials prior to and following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks indicated "that Islamic extremist organizations has sought to establish a presence in Mexico".

Former Mexican national security adviser and ambassador to the United Nations, Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, stated, that "Spanish and Islamic terrorist groups are using Mexico as a refuge... In light of this situation, there are continuing investigations aimed at dismantling these groups so that they may not cause problems". He also mentioned that the terrorist groups in question are located in the northern part of the country. "Islamic people" in Mexico sparked speculation among observers that the Lebanese Shi'ite terrorist organization Hizbollah have established cells in Mexico.
Remarks made by Mexican public officials indicate the real possibility that al Qaeda cells are present in Mexico and could potentially attempt to cross the U.S. southwest border to conduct additional attacks.

The former director of Mexico's Center for Intelligence and National Security (Centro de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional-Cisen), Eduardo Medina Mora, remarked that the possibility of an al Qaeda attack against the United States launched from Mexico "could not be ruled out."

National Migration Institute (Instituto Nacional de Migracion-INM) official Felipe Urbiola Ledezma made more alarming statements during remarks to the press, Urbiola said, "We have in Mexico people linked to terrorism and we are constantly observing unusual immigration flows...[people connected to] ETA, Hizbollah and even some with links to Usama Bin Laden."

Other terrorist and criminal groups are in Mexico including the Russian mafia groups such as the Poldolskaya, Mazukinskaya, Tambovskaya, and Izamailovskaya have been detected in Mexico. The Moscow-based Solntsevskaya gang is also reported to be present in the country, as are other mafia gangs from Chechnya, Georgia, Armenia, Lithuania, Poland Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Albania, and Rumania. Their major activities include drug and arms trafficking, money laundering, prostitution, trafficking in women from Eastern and Central Europe and Russia, alien smuggling, kidnapping, and credit card fraud.

Reforma a leading Mexican newspaper reported that U.S. intelligence agencies had detected a partnership between the Tijuana-based Arellano-Felix Organization (AFO) and Russian mafia groups based in southern California. In a separate story, Reforma reported that members of the former KGB-affiliated Kurganskaya group in San Diego had met with AFO operative Humberto Rodríguez Banuelos.

Reforma reported that for at least the last ten years the Russian mafia was supplying Mexican drug traffickers with radars, automatic weapons, grenade launchers, and small submersibles in exchange for cocaine, amphetamines, and heroin. It cited a 1996 sting operation in which undercover DEA agents posing as Russian mafia members sold Carillo Fuentes operatives 300 AK-47s and ammunition in Costa Rica.

Even ten years ago, ten Russians, including four known members of the Russian mafia, were arrested at Mexico City's international airport when they arrived on a KLM flight from Amsterdam. The mafia members included Aleksandr Zakharov, one of the leaders of the Moscow mafia and founder of the Uralinvest, known to have a principal role in organized crime in Russia. Another detainee was Nicolay Novikov, a Uralinvest director who had been imprisoned on three previous occasions for arms trafficking. A third was Yevgeniy Sazhayev, who had been arrested on two previous occasions for drug trafficking. The fourth was Vladimir Titov, wanted for various assassinations and who had escaped from several Russian prisons with the help of the mafia. The four men, who were traveling with six women, were apparently en route to Acapulco and Cancún. The group was reportedly deported. The Interpol head in Mexico, Juan Manuel Ponce, corroborated accounts that the group had been carrying arms and a substantial amount of cash.

According to Mexican analyst Jorge Fernández Méndez, the Russian mafia bosses had come to Mexico in order to mediate in the gang war being fought between the CFO and various other groups for control of drug trafficking routes through Mexico in the wake of the death of Alejandro Paez.
It is well known that the Russian mafia is deeply entrenched in the criminal fabric of the Mexican drug cartels and still today plays an important roll in providing guns and other weapons to the cartels and are purveyors of, drug smuggling, money laundering, prostitution, trafficking in women from Eastern and Central Europe and Russia, alien and terrorist smuggling, kidnappings for ransom.
The self proclaimed Mexican drug cartel Lt. says," that we will be offering Mexican soldiers very attractive pay packages and other benefits to cross over and go to work for us". He told the journal we can look for that new development to be happening soon. He also predicts that "active current duty Mexican soldiers and Mexican Federal Police officers will be killed by well armed and trained cartel soldiers".

Google these Sources:

Hundreds being rounded- up and many Arrested in Juarez Mexico

The U.S. placed Mexico under a travel alert As Thousands of Armed Mexican Troops Patrol the Streets of Juarez

Linking of drug cartels on the Texas border with Middle East terrorist

President Bush's top intelligence aide has confirmed that Iraqi terrorists have been captured coming into the United States from Mexico

Americans Being Kidnapped, Held and killed in Mexico

They're known as "Los Zetas"

Reforma Reforma Mexico City Newspaper.

Library of Congress Federal Research Division: Terrorism and Crime...

http://www.cnn.com

http://www.lagunajournal.com

http://www.limeshine.com

http://bajasur.craigslist.com.mx/lab/604707210.html

Hiring sales professionals is always challenging. Most candidates seem qualified for your open position, particularly if they are given the opportunity to sell themselves face-to-face or over the phone. Without a distinct framework as a reference point, it's easy to misjudge a candidate's qualifications for the job, particularly in a sales role where qualifications are not as objective as they are for an engineer or an accountant. Defining the requirements for your open sales position before you begin to screen candidates will exponentially improve your screening efforts. These ten tips will help you define your open role in order optimize your sales recruiting process, weed out candidates that aren't a fit, and ensure that you find the best possible candidate for the job.

1. Define Success: Begin with a simple overview of your own sales process and current sales team. What defines success for them? What motivates success within your company? Thinking along these lines will allow you to screen out candidates whose definitions of success are incompatible with yours; for example, if your sales team prides itself on its outstanding ability to meet customer needs, you may not want to hire a candidate who defines success solely by his commissions.

2. The Value Proposition: For this role, how important is the articulation of your value proposition? Is your value proposition easily understood or must it be explained in depth? What backgrounds produce candidates that adapt well to your value proposition? These subtle details allow you to look for common threads that can govern your resume screening process.

3. The Buyer: Whom do you sell to? Who are the relevant decision makers?  How crucial is a deep understanding of your buyer's industry for this position? Is the candidate expected to have sold to these decision makers in the past? Is he or she expected to have a book of business? Defining your expectations for the candidate's understanding of the buyer allows you to eliminate many potential candidates.

4. Product & Product Complexity: Is your sale consultative or transactional? How many products will this hire sell? To what degree can the product be customized and what technical knowledge is required for that customization? What products should the ideal candidate have sold in the past? Product-specific experience can be an important consideration in your screening process, but keep in mind that candidates outside your industry who have sold to similar decision makers may also be a fit.

5. Client Relationship Dynamics: To what extent does the prospect share information with your sales representatives? Is the intended relationship with the client a full partnership, a semi-customized product, or a transaction?  While screening candidates, try to uncover experience that indicates that they will be successful in your company's buyer-seller dynamics.

6. Sales Process Metrics: What metrics define success for this position? Whether it's number of cold calls per day, average deal size, or number of deals concurrently in the pipeline, how do you measure you current sales team? Of those metrics, what would be considered average and what would be outstanding? How do you expect this hire to be performing at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years? Defining these expectations up front will quickly show which candidates simply won't measure up.

7. Environment, Infrastructure, & Culture: Does your company offer training? Is it a nature or nurture environment? How would you define your team dynamics? How is your management team structured? What tools and support are offered for this position? Though often the most overlooked aspect of sales hiring, environment can be the most crucial. While the best salespeople are often outliers, it's important to hire someone that will be a great fit with your company's culture and support systems.

8. Sales Team, Process, & Activities: What's the most important part of your sales process? Where do your company's leads come from? How are they qualified? What happens after a salesperson lands an account? Which activities occupy most of your sales team's time and why?  Where do you expect this hire to focus most of his or her time? Many sales hires fail due to miscommunication about the sales process. Ask candidates about their specific activities to uncover hidden expectations; for example "what's the first thing you do after hanging up the phone with a prospect?"

9. Territory, Quota & Compensation:  How much travel is required? How are territories defined? What are the on-target earnings for the first two years? How do they break down in terms of base salary, commissions, bonuses, and equity? While these attributes create an objective filter, take care not to eliminate under-qualified candidates; good sales professionals should always be looking for a step up in territory, quota, and compensation, not a step sideways.

10. Company Selling Points & Other: What's the best part of working for your company? What attracts people to your firm? What does a candidate need to understand about your strategy, history, and future and why? Why should any candidate choose your position over any other? Highlighting the best parts of your open position will help you cast a wide net to attract a diverse pool of both passive and active candidates. 

Though this exercise can seem tedious, the success of your sales hire depends on your ability to define the position. This exercise should yield eight to fifteen concrete attributes to govern your phone, resume, and interview screenings. Keep in mind that it's always better to begin your screening process with as many candidates as possible and eliminate as many as possible against the eight to fifteen most important attributes for this role. Good luck with your screening!  For a more detailed guide to defining position requirements, check out http://www.scribd.com/doc/17511368/Quick-Guide-to-Defining-Requirements-for-Sales-Hires.