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This assumes anonymous is a unified collective, when they are really much closer to a flag of convenience.

A good way of putting it. So many people don't seem to get this.

There is no "anonymous". Everyone is "anonymous".

Sounds to me like their core tactic - being anonymous - is the best defense against that.

At the same time, Anon publishing information about the Zetas means the other cartels do their dirty work for them.

Anon can't go head to head with a drug cartel, it's true, especially not on their terms. But let's not pretend that Anon was a paper tiger in all this.

They seem to have succeeded here, though by some excellent luck.