Members of the hacktivist group Anonymous on Monday appeared to call off an attack, dubbed "OpCartel," aimed at taking down Mexican cartels.
"Anonymous cancels crackdown on Mexican drug cartel,"
tweeted Sm0k34n0n. "We cannot risk our partners."
But a Twitter post from
LulzSec leader Sabu in direct reply to Sm0k34n0n appeared to dismiss the cancellation, or at least imply that there would be future anti-cartel efforts. "Thanks for pushing the op, but now that you've cleaned your hands of it--move on with your life," said Sabu. In another post, he said that "#OpCartel is very much alive and like I said to others in private our war is on corruption on both sides of the spectrum," referring to the war on drugs including both the Drug Enforcement Administration as well as the Mexican cartels.
The Anonymous operation came about after one of its members was allegedly kidnapped earlier this month by
Los Zetas Cartel. The drug cartel, thought to be the second-largest one in Mexico, is also regarded as the country's most dangerous and brutal. Notably, the Zetas were the first cartel to standardize the practice of beheading their targets.
