Video from Today show on Mexican Pirates Fisherman being threatened on lake that is on the border.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540...3803�
Simple. Zetas saw the business as being more lucrative than being henchmen.
As far as I can tell, the civilians in the border towns welcome the army. It appears to cut down on the random casualties. There were a few protests to the army presence at the border, but these seem to have been orchestrated by Gringo "human rights" types that were quickly run off.
Chapo, and also La Familia (a different cartel) enjoy a folkloric reputation. Chapo's capture would simply result in a replacement, the business would go on.
Video from Today show on Mexican Pirates Fisherman being threatened on lake that is on the border.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540...3803�
Inspired by what they saw on TV?
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_1...74-501465.html
Added by Moderator; cross refer: http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ad.php?t=10961(AP) Members of a northern Mexico drug gang rammed a car that may have been packed with explosives or inflammable material into two police patrol trucks in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, killing two officers and a medical technician and wounding nine people.
Federal police said Thursday's attack — which may be one of the first uses of an explosive-packed car in Mexico — was in retaliation for the arrest of a top leader of the La Linea drug gang, Jesus Acosta Guerrero, earlier in the day.
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A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
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I believe an additional 15 stars on the flag would be rather fetching. The 14th largest economy, beautiful beaches and coastline, and a significantly smaller southern border sounds like a win win win to me...hypothetically speaking of course
http://politics.usnews.com/news/blog...ce-theory.htmlRep. Sue Myrick, a Republican from North Carolina, is worried that Iranian agents are slipping across the U.S.-Mexico border after receiving training in Venezuela. Myrick, the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, says Farsi tattoos are popping up in prisons in the United States, and she sees this as proof of Iranian influence.
Last month she asked the Department of Homeland Security to investigate. But the intelligence community doesn't buy what critics call a confusing conspiracy theory.
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
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Another Quinton Tarintino masterpiece!
"We didn't cross the border,the border crossed us"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIxcVzwLR1k
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100722/...rug_war_mexicoMEXICO CITY – Eight suspected drug gang gunmen died in a battle with Mexican soldiers in the remote mountains of northern Chihuahua state, the federal Public Safety Department said Thursday.
The department cited an internal army report saying the clash occurred near the rural town of Madera, about 145 miles (230 kilometers) south of the U.S. border.
The gunmen apparently opened fire on an army patrol, but the Defense Department did not offer any information on the attack or the identity of the attackers. The area is frequently used by gangs to produce and traffic drugs.
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On Wednesday, the border city of Nuevo Laredo was practically paralyzed by late-night gunbattles in which gangs forced citizens from their cars and used the vehicles to block streets.
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/02...sheriffs-head/A Mexican drug cartel has reportedly put a hefty price tag on the head of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
As parts of Arizona's immigration law, SB 1070, went into effect last week, a Mexican drug cartel sent out text and audio messages offering rewards to anyone who would join its fight, a source who says his wife received the message told MyFoxPhoenix.com.
"It's offering a million dollars for Sheriff Joe Arpaio's head and offering a thousand dollars for anyone who wants to join the Mexican cartel," the man, who wants to remain anonymous, told the station.
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=128929784Mexico has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. So far this year, eight reporters have been gunned down. Last week, five were reported kidnapped — four of them in Durango state and one in Zacatecas state.
Some 25,000 thousand people have been killed over the last 3 1/2 years in drug-related violence. Journalists in some parts of the country have stopped covering the drug trade entirely after their colleagues have been kidnapped, killed or threatened. Others say they have limited reporting on crime to only what is in official government press releases. Some even say they report whatever the local cartels order them to print.
"This record level of violence is really unprecedented," says Carlos Lauria, head of the Americas program at the Committee to Protect Journalists.
By the organization's tally, more than 30 Mexican reporters have been killed or have disappeared since President Felipe Calderon declared war on the drug cartels in December 2006.
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
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Murky source of information, and I always got the sense that Sheriff Arpaio liked being in the limelight too much. The whole thing smells to me.A Mexican drug cartel has reportedly put a hefty price tag on the head of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10982203Officials from Mexico's largest television network Televisa say an explosive device went off in front of their station in the northern city of Monterrey.
The attack followed a similar incident at their studios in Matamoros, in the north-east, just hours earlier. While the blasts caused some damage to buildings, no one was injured.
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,2229485.storyMexico marines find 72 bodies at ranch, navy says
Authorities would not comment on reports they may have been Central or South American migrants. The 58 men and 14 women were found in violence-racked Tamaulipas state.
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
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Report: Mexico is not Colombia, here's why
Comments made by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton comparing Mexico's drug war to a Colombia-style "insurgency" touched off a flurry of debate over the parallels between the two conflicts. Seeking out the facts, L.A. Times foreign correspondents conclude that the secretary's comments were like comparing "apples and oranges."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lapl...-colombia.html
Also
MORELIA, Mexico -A small-town mayor and an aide were found stoned to death Monday in a drug-plagued western state, the fifth city leader to be slain in Mexico since mid-August.
http://www.aolnews.com/story/small-t.../654518?cid=10
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
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A Canadian think tank report on Mexico, a viewpoint IIRC not seen here and so maybe of interest:http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/Mexico%20-%...y%20Trends.pdf
Summary:Since the election of President Felipe de Jesus Calderón of the National Action Party in 2006, and his commitment to address the rising power of narcotics cartels, Mexico has undergone a serious increase in violence and militarization. Although the Mexican state is itself not threatened, some analysts view the “Colombianization” of the nation place a risk to many of the democratic advances that have been made since the “apertura” of the country in the 1990s. The country’s economy has been impacted not only by the rising levels of violence, but also by the serious financial downturn in the United States in 2008-2009, reflecting the country’s continuing over-dependence on the U.S. market. The Mexican economy has also been challenged by increased competition from other low-cost
manufacturing countries. Canada has significant economic interests in the country, from basic commodity trade to major investments in the energy and mining sectors. How will the political, security and economic challenges Mexico faces impact Canadian interests?
davidbfpo
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=523516While three congressmen held a Thursday afternoon press conference about border security, Mexican soldiers were engaged in a gun battle that left six people dead on the other side of the Rio Grande.
Mexico's Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA) is reporting that the gun battle in the same area being searched for the body of missing American David Hartley.
The SEDENA reported that the battle took place near the rural town of Barriales around 3 p.m. Thursday.
Army officials said that a military aircraft was performing aerial reconnaissance work in the area when pilots spotted a suspicious truck hiding in the brush.
The military aircraft went down for a closer look but came under fire.
The SEDENA reported that Mexican soldiers returned fire and killed six men who were protecting some kind of clandestine construction project.
Authorities also reported that a Mexican soldier was also wounded in the battle.
Mexican soldiers reporting seizing ammunition and the following other items:
- 7 Assault Rifles
- 38 clips
- 1 Rocket Launcher
- 1 Dodge Ram Truck
Barriales is located near the ruins of Guerrero Viejo, a Spanish colonial town that is seasonally flooded by waters from Falcon Lake.
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
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Nothing says "back off" like a bloody head in a rice sack.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/12/...ead/index.html(CNN) -- The lead Mexican investigator in the Falcon Lake case, Rolando Armando Flores Villegas, has been killed, his severed head delivered Tuesday in a suitcase to the Mexican military, officials told CNN.
"His head was delivered to the army garrison this morning in a suitcase after he failed to report back home last night," Zapata County, Texas, Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr. said.
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
http://i.imgur.com/IPT1uLH.jpg
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
http://i.imgur.com/IPT1uLH.jpg
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...eaded-arizona/Drug-smuggling gangs in Mexico have sent well-armed assassins, or "sicarios," into Arizona to locate and kill bandits who are ambushing and stealing loads of cocaine, marijuana and heroin headed to buyers in the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security has warned Arizona law enforcement authorities.
In a memo first sent in May but widely circulated since, the department said a group of "15, very well-equipped and armed" assassins complete with body armor had been sent into the state to identify, locate and kill the drug thieves, who are thought to be independent operators.
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
http://i.imgur.com/IPT1uLH.jpg
Link to news report just in.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39772666...icas?GT1=43001
The report states the Guard soldier was found dead in Ciudad Juarez. There was no mention of the circumstances of his death nor did the story indicate the soldier was on duty at the time. The will be more details to come I reckon.
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