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| Mexico has 36,000 troops deployed in the war against drug gangs |
A federal judge ordered 10 municipal police officers arrested in connection with the slayings of 12 off-duty federal agents in southwestern Mexico, the attorney general’s office said.
The recent spate of violence was sparked by the arrest of high-ranking drug cartel member Arnoldo Rueda Medina.
The federal officers’ bodies were found Tuesday on a remote highway in Michoacan state, where at least 18 federal agents and two soldiers have been killed since July 11 due to drug-related violence…
The officers arrested are on the police force in the city of Arteaga.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon, whose home state is Michoacan, responded to the violence by dispatching 1,000 federal police officers to the area. The infusion, which more than tripled the number of federal police officers patrolling Michoacan, angered Michoacan Gov. Leonel Godoy Rangel. He called it an occupation and said he had not been consulted.
Authorities said Wednesday they were searching for the governor’s half-brother, who they say is a top-ranking member of La Familia Michoacana drug cartel. The cartel is blamed for most of the recent violence in the state.
The governor has publicly urged his brother to surrender.
Uh, his brother hasn’t surrendered.
Prohibition. Did we learn nothing?
Get that cartoon from last week of Congress having no room for “Ethics” when Religion is forced in from the other side.
Silly Hoomans.
Terrible situation that needs t be dealt wityh harshly.
The murdering of law enforcement is anarchy and we can’t afford to have that further deteriorate in Mexico.
#1 said “Prohibition. Did we learn nothing?”
Apparently not.
Government spending – have we learned nothing?
Kick all of those sob’s out. And the sooner the better.
Wonder why the Canadians now want Mexicans to have a Visa. Kick out all these sob’s, isn’t that the goal of the Mexican Mafia? Get rid of those who disagree with their method of operation makes life much easier eh!
I am worried for Mexico.
The Mexican government gets a big chunk of its money to operate from selling oil to the US. They have a locked in guarantee through the end of this year that the US will buy oil from Mexico at $90 a barrel. This seemed like a bargain a year and a half ago when oil was hitting $100, but now that it is down to $63, it is unlikely to be renewed at that price.
Meanwhile, oil production in Mexico is declining. By no later than 2011, Mexico will no longer have spare capacity to export.
1. Ever growing power of the drug cartels combined plus 2. sharp decline in oil revenues that Mexico depends on to operate, equals DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN.
Mexican Independence happened in 1810. The Mexican Revolution happened in 1910. Something big may happen in 2010, possibly as big as the fall of the Mexican government.
You think the Mexican immigrant problem is bad now, wait till it becomes a Mexican refugee problem.
I say just keep protecting our borders and let them deal with their own issues. Soon enough you guys will be debating this issue like it was Iraq. This country isn’t going to fix itself anytime soon, there’s NO reason we should help them. Snipe anyone who tries to come over. Don’t send officers to “help” and die for nothing.
Screw money, we’re deep in trillions already. Screw economics, teenagers are already being called..doh, forgot the word…assholes? for you now partying too much 🙂
Some of the local illegal immigrants have stickers on their cars and trucks proudly their place of origin, “Michoacan”. Should I be concerned?
#7, Rich,
Not smart. That would be reason enough to be pulled over by the police.
Yea, Bro will be right on that.
Never been to Arteaga, but nearby Lazaro Cardenas was a place to stay away from, long before the drug wars. Playa Azul was nice then, though.
I’d call it “Western Mexico”.
Some Mexicans are trying to flee this sort of violence. Maybe Canada is shutting down the sluices just when the refugee claims are becoming more realistic. I still think that Canada doesn’t need expensive visa processes to slow down bogus claims. It needs processing centres set in its 9 million square kliks of insect-infested / frozen hinterland.