Drug gangs drive off cops in Mexico

[Avatar4321]

Drug gangs drive off cops, terrorize Mexican town

For people caught inside Mexico's drug corridors, life is about keeping your head down and watching your back, especially when the sun dips behind the cactus-studded horizon.

No town knows this better than Villa Ahumada, where the entire police force quit after 70 cartel hit men roared through last spring, killing the police chief, two officers and three townspeople.

Residents were left defenseless again last week when gunmen returned and kidnapped nine people, despite the soldiers manning checkpoints far outside town.

There is of course more. People think this stuff cant happen but it does al the time. We need to keep an eye on this.

 

[dilloduck]

Drug gangs drive off cops, terrorize Mexican town

For people caught inside Mexico's drug corridors, life is about keeping your head down and watching your back, especially when the sun dips behind the cactus-studded horizon.

No town knows this better than Villa Ahumada, where the entire police force quit after 70 cartel hit men roared through last spring, killing the police chief, two officers and three townspeople.

Residents were left defenseless again last week when gunmen returned and kidnapped nine people, despite the soldiers manning checkpoints far outside town.

There is of course more. People think this stuff cant happen but it does al the time. We need to keep an eye on this.

by "we" I assume you mean Obama ?

 

[Avatar4321]

by "we" I assume you mean Obama ?

By we, i meant we. people in the United States.

 

[dilloduck]

by "we" I assume you mean Obama ?

By we, i meant we. people in the United States.

we already spoke--nobody listened.

 

[catzmeow]

It's a huge issue that is starting to spill over the border into places like San Diego and Phoenix. In the areas of Mexico south of California, drug gangs have recruited gang members out of San Diego and LA to work as enforcers on both sides of the border. They are heavily armed and have been killing cops and political leaders for YEARS now. The Arellano Felix cartel operates in that area and has been tied to dozens of political murders. They have infiltrated and begun to control law enforcement, the court system, and even the Mexican army. They are heavily armed, have almost unlimited funds to bribe and extort cooperation, and they kill anyone who tries to stand up to them.

Americans are typically clueless and don't think they have anything to worry about. Too busy watching American Idol.

 

[Avatar4321]

I hear some of the violence in Mexico has spread into Guatamala.

 

[Chris]

It's a huge issue that is starting to spill over the border into places like San Diego and Phoenix. In the areas of Mexico south of California, drug gangs have recruited gang members out of San Diego and LA to work as enforcers on both sides of the border. They are heavily armed and have been killing cops and political leaders for YEARS now. The Arellano Felix cartel operates in that area and has been tied to dozens of political murders. They have infiltrated and begun to control law enforcement, the court system, and even the Mexican army. They are heavily armed, have almost unlimited funds to bribe and extort cooperation, and they kill anyone who tries to stand up to them.

Americans are typically clueless and don't think they have anything to worry about. Too busy watching American Idol.

No.

Too busy worried about fifty guys in a cave in Pakistan.

Bring the troops home and put them on the Mexican border.

I am not kidding.

 

[Agnapostate]

The inevitable consequence of attempting to initiate "wars" on drugs and immigration.

 

[catzmeow]

The inevitable consequence of attempting to initiate "wars" on drugs and immigration.

I disagree. The inevitable consequence of failing to conduct these wars as if they are wars.