Protest in mexico.

[LilOlLady]

Mexican police: Weapons found at scene of protest clash that killed 2 students

By Associated Press
December 13,


MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in southern Mexico said Tuesday they found an AK-47 assault rifle, hand grenades and gasoline bombs at the scene of a protest where a violent clash between student demonstrators and police resulted in the death of two students.

Alberto Lopez, the attorney general of the southern state of Guerrero, told a local radio station he believed “there were outside elements involved in the protest” who were not students at the rural teachers college where the protest originated.
Mexican police: Weapons found at scene of protest clash that killed 2 students - The Washington Post

 

[LilOlLady]

Protest march in Mexico City against drug war
The protesters want the army off the streets Continue reading the main story
MEXICO'S DRUGS WAR


More than 1,000 people have joined a protest in Mexico City against the government's strategy in the fight against drug gangs.
BBC News - Protest march in Mexico City against drug war

 

[LilOlLady]

Indignados’ Protest in Mexico City
Posted on Sep 12, 2011


A protester holds a list of student demands at a demonstration in the Zocalo in Mexico City in the spring.


After Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s fifth state of the nation speech last week, more than 50,000 people gathered in the Zocalo, Mexico City’s main square, to decry policies that have destroyed unions, privatized essential public industries, enriched a small elite and killed more than 50,000 people in the nation’s drug war.
‘Indignados’ Protest in Mexico City - Truthdig

 

[waltky]

Resurgent PRI party easier on cartels...

Mexican vote may determine future of drug war
Friday, February 3, 2012 - Enrique Pena Nieto is the candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in Mexico’s presidential election, which is set for July 1. Mr. Nieto has been quoted as supporting a withdrawal of military forces from the war on the drug cartels

The front-runner in Mexico’s presidential race represents a party known for allowing drug-trafficking cartels semiautonomous control of certain regions during its rule in the previous century. The prospect of a victory by Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in the July 1 presidential election has troubled U.S. policymakers about drug-control efforts with Mexico. Over the past five years, the U.S. has backed the bare-knuckles war on drug cartels by President Felipe Calderon, who is barred by the constitution from serving a second six-year term. “In private, you hear concern from a lot of U.S. policymakers about how the PRI would deal with organized crime,” said Andrew Selee, who directs the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Mr. Selee stressed that “the U.S. government is likely to adapt to whatever government is elected in Mexico.” His comments shed light on the debate over how to proceed with a policy that during the past five years has involved the deployment of CIA operatives and drone aircraft in the fight against the cartels. A high-ranking Mexican official told The Washington Times that “strategic law enforcement and intelligence collaboration — bilateral, regional and global — between the U.S. and Mexico has advanced at an unprecedented rate since Calderon took office.” “A lot of policymakers in Washington would be concerned to see that evaporate,” regardless of who wins the upcoming election, the Mexican official said. It’s a subject that the Obama administration has not been eager to discuss.

U.S. investment

“We would expect to continue to work closely with the next government, led by whatever political party, elected by the Mexican people,” said William Ostick, a spokesman for Western Hemisphere affairs at the State Department. Congress has approved about $1.6 billion in drug-war aid to the Calderon administration since 2008 under a program known as the Merida Initiative. Initially focused on training police and delivering military hardware, the program is shifting to help Mexico strengthen its justice system, State Department officials said.

CIA operatives and retired U.S. military personnel also have been sent to an “intelligence fusion center” near Monterrey, Mexico, and officials have said hundreds of drone missions are being flown in support of the war on drug cartels. The U.S. support, however, represents a fraction of the estimated $45 billion that Mexico has spent on the war under Mr. Calderon, whose administration bankrolled a top-secret $100 million underground bunker and has deployed 45,000 army troops across 18 Mexican states since taking office in 2006.

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[waltky]

Woman to lead Mexican federal police...

Woman breaks into top Mexican police role
Saturday 11th February, 2012 - Mexican authorities have chosen a woman to lead the federal police.

Maribel Cervantes, 41, has replaced Facundo Rosas, becoming the the first woman to take on the difficult position of bringing down the country's powerful drug cartels.

As commissioner general of the federal police, Cervantes will be expected to fight the drug gangs which have killed more than 47,000 people since 2006.

Her battle will be made tougher by the fact that the drug gangs have inducted many of her police officers into their ranks through bribes. Cervantes has experience in intelligence and counter-terrorism measures.

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Nearly 100 charged in largest drug bust in Colorado history
2/10/2012 - Authorities say the drugs were ultimately supplied from traffickers in Mexico

Almost 100 alleged drug traffickers and gang members are charged in what authorities say is the largest drug bust in Colorado history based of the quantity of drugs found and the numbers of people involved in the conspiracy. Agents are investigating the possibility the drug cases may have links to unsolved homicides throughout the metro area, said the FBI's Special Agent in Charge, James Yacone. By the end of the day Thursday, 80 defendants were in handcuffs and 17 people were still on the loose. More than 500 state and federal officers from 40 law enforcement agencies made arrests in cities along the Front Range, surprising defendants in their pajamas.

Officers found 26,129 grams of cocaine, 1,000 grams of crack and a pound of methamphetamine. Authorities say the drugs were ultimately supplied from traffickers in Mexico, but they declined to reveal the original source. Eleven weapons, including an SKS assault rifle, an AR-15 assault rifle and handguns, and $415,140 in cash also were found and taken by agents as evidence. Twelve children were taken from homes where agents say drugs and weapons were stored in plain view.

Barbara Roach, special agent in charge of the Denver Drug Enforcement Administration, said agents on the task forces focused on the big picture. "We have brought to justice the high-level criminal bosses, money launderers and drug dealers who were profiting from the most vulnerable in our communities across the Denver metro area," she said. The big case first started out as four separate investigations — one of them dubbed "Operation Double Trouble" — until law enforcement realized the cases had common links and connections involving narcotics.

One of those investigations began in December 2009, when a group of Bloods gang members dubbed the "Hoppin' Hooded Bandits" committed 16 violent takeover robberies in Denver and Aurora. "There was a lot of intelligence derived from the Hoppin' Hooded Bandits case, and they needed the resources to put it together," Yacone said of joining forces with other agencies. "What triggered this investigation was the very violent activity of some hard-core gang members," said Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates. "Once we focused on them, our investigation led to a complex narcotics conspiracy. It is a great relief that we are taking these suspects off the streets today." The takeover robberies gave gang members a chance to raise enough cash to purchase large quantities of drugs to sell on the street.

More http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_19928441

 

[waltky]

New Mexican President could change way narco-war is fought...

Mexican election may change how war on drugs is fought
Mar. 9, 2012 - Next president could alter tactics vs. cartels

Mexico's U.S.-backed war against violent drug cartels could undergo a tactical shift, depending on which of the candidates vying to replace outgoing President Felipe Calderon wins this summer's Mexican presidential election. The importance of the July 1 election to the United States was underscored this week when Vice President Joe Biden flew to Mexico City to meet with the three candidates and assess their attitudes toward U.S.-Mexican relations and the drug war.

Analysts said they expect the next Mexican president to remain committed to the fight, but the strategy may shift from Calderon's heavy reliance on the Mexican military to greater use of the civilian police force and more emphasis on creating jobs and social programs to keep young Mexicans from joining the cartels. Calderon has long argued that the military is better equipped, better trained and more professional than civilian police agencies, which have traditionally been vulnerable to bribery and corruption. But with U.S. support, there has been better vetting and training of police officers in recent years. And critics of the military say the Mexican army has engaged in human-rights abuses and executions of suspected cartel members.

The next Mexican president also is likely to continue Calderon's pressure on the United States to consider legalizing drugs, especially marijuana, to try to reduce the demand that fuels the illicit- drug trade. The election and its implications are especially important for border states such as Arizona, where law-enforcement officials are increasingly worried that drug-cartel violence may spread north into the United States. But the entire United States has a stake in what happens, analysts said. Mexico is the United States' third- largest trading partner, representing nearly 11 percent of all U.S. trade and more than $435 billion in exports and imports. Its stability is crucial to the health of the U.S. economy and U.S. security, foreign-policy experts say.

Sen. John McCain and some other U.S. lawmakers have expressed concern that not all the Mexican candidates seem as committed as Calderon has been to fighting the cartels with all the resources at their disposal. But Biden, after meeting with the three candidates, was asked whether he sensed any significant differences among them on the issue of cooperation with the United States to fight the cartels. He replied, "No." What may change, experts say, is the strategy that the new Mexican president adopts to reduce cartel violence, which has killed about 50,000 Mexicans during the past five years.

Read more: Mexican election may change how war on drugs is fought

 

[waltky]

Sounds like the work of El Guapo...

Mexican police find 49 bodies dumped on highway
May 13, 2012 - Latest suspected incident of drug gangs leaving corpses in public as warning to rivals

Forty-nine bodies, at least some of them mutilated, were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border, officials said. A law enforcement official said the bodies of 43 men and six women were found in the town of San Juan on the non-toll highway to the border city of Reynosa at about 4 a.m. local time, but officials were still investigating.

Authorities closed off the highway, blocking the way for hundreds of motorists, as federal and state police, joined by Mexican troops, sealed off the scene. The law enforcement official asked that his name not be used because he was not authorized to release the information. The details, however, match reports in Mexican news media.

The discovery echoes several other recent cases in which drug gangs have left bodies scattered in public places as warnings to rivals. Thirty-five bodies were left at a freeway overpass in the city of Veracruz in September. Twenty-six were found in November in Guadalajara. So far this month, 23 bodies were found dumped or hanging in the city of Nuevo Laredo and 18 were found along a highway south of Guadalajara.

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[Political Junky]

The War on Drugs is a smashing success.

 

[Rozman]

OWS has organized in Mexico now....

 

[georgephillip]

Mexican police: Weapons found at scene of protest clash that killed 2 students

By Associated Press
December 13,


MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in southern Mexico said Tuesday they found an AK-47 assault rifle, hand grenades and gasoline bombs at the scene of a protest where a violent clash between student demonstrators and police resulted in the death of two students.

Alberto Lopez, the attorney general of the southern state of Guerrero, told a local radio station he believed “there were outside elements involved in the protest” who were not students at the rural teachers college where the protest originated.
Mexican police: Weapons found at scene of protest clash that killed 2 students - The Washington Post

What happens when the US can no longer borrow enough money to kill innocent human beings on the opposite side of the planet? The "Liberation" of Mexico?

 

[JStone]

Mexican police: Weapons found at scene of protest clash that killed 2 students

By Associated Press
December 13,


MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in southern Mexico said Tuesday they found an AK-47 assault rifle, hand grenades and gasoline bombs at the scene of a protest where a violent clash between student demonstrators and police resulted in the death of two students.

Alberto Lopez, the attorney general of the southern state of Guerrero, told a local radio station he believed “there were outside elements involved in the protest” who were not students at the rural teachers college where the protest originated.
Mexican police: Weapons found at scene of protest clash that killed 2 students - The Washington Post

What happens when the US can no longer borrow enough money to kill innocent human beings on the opposite side of the planet? The "Liberation" of Mexico?

Georgie, why not renounce your US citizenship and leave since you contribute nothing anyway?

 

[georgephillip]

I'm hanging around for the Second American Civil War.
You?
How many of your neighbors have you murdered today?

 

[waltky]

New boss same as the old boss?...

Mexican election could return old rulers to power
Sun Jul 1, 2012 - The party that ruled Mexico for most of the past century looked set for a comeback on Sunday as voters chose a new president, seeking an end to a brutal drug war and weak economic growth that have worn down the ruling conservatives.

Twelve years after the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) lost power, opinion polls showed its candidate, Enrique Pena Nieto, heading into the vote with a double-digit lead over his opponents despite lingering doubts about the party. Tainted by corruption, electoral fraud and occasional bouts of brutal authoritarianism during its 71 years in power, the PRI was voted out in 2000. It has bounced back, helped by the economic malaise and a tide of lawlessness that have plagued Mexico under the conservative National Action Party, or PAN. Pena Nieto, a youthful-looking former governor of the State of Mexico, has established himself as the new face of the PRI with the aid of favorable media coverage led by Mexico's most powerful broadcaster, Televisa.

Long lines of voters snaked around city blocks in the capital. The first national exit polls were expected when voting ends in the westernmost part of the country at 8 p.m. (9 p.m. EDT/0100 GMT). "It's time for the PRI to return. They're the only ones who know how to govern," said Candelaria Puc, 70, preparing to vote in Cancun with the help of a friend because she cannot read or write. "The PRI is tough, but they won't let the drug violence get out of control," she added, speaking in a mix of Mayan and Spanish. After ending the PRI's rule in 2000, the PAN raised hopes high. But years of weak growth and the death of more than 55,000 people in drug-related killings since 2007 have eroded its popularity. Violence continued in the days before Sunday's vote.

In the Pacific beach resort of Acapulco, one of the city's most affected by the drug war, four people were killed on Saturday, two of them tortured and beheaded, a hallmark of drug-related killings, Guerrero state police said. The PRI mayoral candidate in the city of Marquelia, about 40 miles from Acapulco, was kidnapped by an armed group, prompting a protest of his supporters that closed a highway for five hours, a party leader said. Bidding to become the country's first female president, PAN candidate Josefina Vazquez Mota was third in the polls. Pena Nieto's closest challenger in pre-election polling was former Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the front-runner for much of the 2006 race. Lopez Obrador ultimately lost by half a point to President Felipe Calderon of PAN and refused to accept defeat. Claiming fraud, he led massive protests in the capital for weeks, bringing much of Mexico City to a standstill and alienating even some of his supporters.

Though his bid in this campaign surged late on when a wave student-led opposition to the PRI boosted his ratings, polls suggest Lopez Obrador will fall short of the 35 percent of votes he won in 2006. "This is no time for the country to go in reverse," a relaxed Lopez Obrador said of the PRI before voting. Final polls showed Pena Nieto winning 40 percent to 45 percent of the vote, Lopez Obrador close to 30 percent with Vazquez Mota not far behind. Gabriel Quadri, a fourth candidate competing for a smaller party, is expected to pick up a few percent. The one with the most votes wins, with no need for a second round. Pena Nieto has seized on Calderon's failure to tame cartels with a military-led offensive, arguing the PRI's experience in power means it best understands how to restore peace to Mexico and reinvigorate the economy.

FEAR OF FRAUD

 

[georgephillip]

Recent reports on Pacifica allege PRI has handed out 9500 pre-paid gift cards in exchange for votes.

 

[PredFan]

The guns are courtesy of eric holder and barack hussein obama.