"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Coming Anarchy summarizes Stratfor’s assessment that Mexico makes so much money from drugs that while it may try to whack a few cartels it doesn’t want to disrupt the aggregate flow of drugs and money. Nederland CO just legalized marijuana.…
The town of El Porvenir has 10,000 residents. The cartel put up a sign saying leaving or pay in your own blood. 30 Mexicans so far have crossed over into Texas and asked for political asylum. Our government is obliging…
The Texas Department of Public Safety took the unprecedented step Thursday of telling college students not to visit Mexican border cities during spring break because they are just too dangerous. NarcoGuerra Times reports on the “three-way death match” between two…
Map from Al Jazeera’s comprehensive Mexico in the Crossfire report. Phoenix AZ is now the cartel’s primary drug distribution point in the US and violence is escalating. So far it’s primarily been drug-related and between narcos. Let’s hope it stays…
I recently spoke with a prosperous entrepreneur with major family and business connections in Mexico, and asked him his take on Mexico now, what with Los Zetas and everything. Don’t go, he said, it’s too dangerous. Hotels in Mexico City…