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Charles Bowden and Molly Molloy With at least 25,000 people slaughtered in Mexico since President Felipe Calderón hurled the Mexican Army into the anti-cartel battle, three questions remain unanswered: Who is being killed, who is doing the killing and why are people being killed? Because it’s not only narcos who are being killed. Too [...] It’s getting beyond heart of darkness in Mexico now. The reporters were kidnapped after covering a protest at a penitentiary against the arrest of its director. This would be the same prison where three inmates were temporarily released and given weapons by the guards. They murdered 35 people, then returned to their cells. The kidnappers [...] Prisoners in a northern Mexico jail were allowed out at night to carry out murder-for-hire jobs using jail guards’ weapons and vehicles, officials said Sunday, revealing a level of corruption that is stunning even in a country where prison breakouts are common as guards look the other way. This is worse than corruption because [...] Monterrey has had 290 drug murders this year, more than the past four years combined. The violence is due to a war between the Gulf cartel and the Zetas. “Shoot-out drills” for Mexican schools. Yes, things are that crazy there now. High-level Zeta captured An acquaintance was once a Mafia-watcher in Chicago. He said, [...] In an interview with the Reforma newspaper on election day, Sunday July 4, Raul Vera Lopez, Bishop of the Saltillo Coahuila Diocese said the upsurge in violence in the states is derived from agreements between the drug cartels and elected officials, whether motivated by corruption and greed or just plain fear. Further, he [...] From missionaries in Mexico: Yesterday the army arrested the Monterrey-area boss of the Zetas, known as El Tory, and, in an effort to free him, his Zeta operatives set up 30 roadblocks all over the city which completely shut it down. I had spent the whole day in Monterrey and, fortunately for me, I’d just [...] The Agonist As power shifts in Mexico from the ruling elite to the nouveau riche narco cartels, the implications for the U.S. are significant. The reasons are obvious. The shared border, the heavy trade between the nations and immigration speak to Mexico’s importance. Previously, Mexican citizens leaving their home for the U.S. were motivated [...] Click through for video Meth dealers from the Sinaloa cartel were arrested in Oklahoma, and reportedly told police their bosses told them to leave Arizona due to the immigration law. Mr. Richardson – a journalist and former counterdrug officer – offers great insight in the video, which I briefly wanted to share. First, it [...] The violence in Sinaloa is unstoppable. No authority, at any level of government has been able to stop the terrorism of organized crime and its breakdown of civil society and state institutions. Does the Mexico government favor the Sinaloa cartel? Watch the video. The Texas Attorney General is demanding Washington insure border security due to continued violence between drug cartels. From his letter to Obama Law enforcement officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety and your own U.S. Customs and Border Protection will reveal the hard truth. Our state is under constant assault from illegal activity threatening [...] |  | ||||
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