Mexico's newest criminal organizations, the Knights Templar, issued a "code of conduct" that included ethical standards whereas additionally justifying the utilization of lethal force. The KT seems to be an offshoot of los angeles Familia, another cluster that followed a cult-like ideology because it simultaneously profited from criminal activity and engaged in important violence in Michoacan (also see world Post and Al Jazeera).
Over the weekend, it's set out that the killer in Norway's stunning massacre last week additionally thought-about himself a member of the Knights Templar. He claims that a gaggle of 9 people met a decade ago to refound the organization. His manifesto concerns the organization to "seize political and military management of Western European countries and implement a cultural conservative political agenda."
Did an 800 year recent organization inspire violence on 2 continents this week? I doubt anyone thinks these 2 teams are linked. It's simply a coincidence that they use an equivalent name. Yet, it raises the question of what makes violent ideologues and criminals search the past for inspiration? And what makes 2 teams to this point apart realize that inspiration within the Knights Templar?
I've touched on the political ideology of Mexico's criminal organizations previously. they are doing try and impact politics, however the most political goals are typically to own freedom of movement and action, avoiding arrest by the authorities. Still, La Familia and Knights Templar do claim an ideology beyond the liberty to be criminals, claiming to impose an ethical authority and set of rules on the regions they management. The Zetas, on the opposite aspect, have engaged in violent acts that do not seem to match their criminal goals and hint at a dark read of their role in Mexico and therefore the world. Analysts question whether or not these teams legitimately follow their "ideologies" or if they're a false cowl to grant some sort of political legitimacy to criminal operations.
The Mexican Knights Templar code of conduct seems to be a false charm to Mexico's voters. By promising to face up for poor and therefore the oppressed, they take a page from the FARC's book in claiming to fight for economic justice whereas very cashing in on criminal actions. Their rule to use violence in mere sure cases does not rise up to the brutal and seemingly senseless killings that they need committed within the past month.
As for the guy in Norway, his nationalistic and anti-Muslim views are a part of a awfully disturbed and violent mind. The Knights Templar label may be a failed arrange to grant historical legitimacy to a violent act that really has no justification.