The authorities in the Mexican border city of Tijuana have found 16 bodies in 24 hours, in what police believe is part of a wave of drug-related murders.
Twelve of the bodies were found on a patch of wasteland near a school just before it opened. Most showed signs of having been bound and tortured.
A wave of murders linked to the drug trade has claimed the lives of more than 3,000 people in Mexico this year.
City officials suspended lessons at the school near where the bodies were found.
Is that the Mexican equivalent of a “snow day”?
Thanks, K B
The snow day comment was funny and brutal.
Is that the Mexican equivalent of a “snow day”?
It’s raining men.
Why anyone would willingly visit Mexico now-days is beyond me.
The writing is on the wall now. After we (eventually) withdraw from Iraq and other places, we will be deploying them into Mexico and that will lead to places further South I’m sure. The 1980’s haven’t vanished. They just went into hibernation for a while.
Tip of the iceberg I am certain.
Its all a direct result of making drubs illegal. One of the dumber policies around–trying to legalize morality thru criminal justice system.
If a drug addict ruins his life, he has ruined HIS life and made those around him sad. Make drugs illegal and people not on drugs get killed. How pragmatic is that?
The carnage is just a consequence of the US’s IRRATIONAL DRUG LAWS !!! Probihition ALWAYS CREATES CRIMINAL CARTELS TO SUPPLY WHAT IS PROHIBITED !!! Alcohol Probihition led to the formation of the Mafia in America in the 1920’s and now Drug Probihition sustains Criminal Gangs and Gang Warfare with all the “Collateral Damage” that comes with war …
I am surprised that none of the drug gangs have bought a crematorium to save on the labor of burying all the bodies. They could use the ashes in the marijuana fields.
I blame Bush. And Clinton, and Bush I, Regean, Carter, etc. And why not. He (they) could have lead the nation in the dismantling of the drug war and laws against (some) drugs which would have prevented this carnage.
Cripes, no wonder the Mexicans want to get out of Mexico.
Can’t we just do one thing at a time. In this case, decriminalize marijuana. Can’t deal with all “drugs” at one time, unfortunately. Have to do it one at a time.
could have lead=could have led
Between the failed drug war and total lack of concern about border security, bienvenidos a California, Senor.
Instead of drug-related murders, your tag should say:
prohibition-related murders.
The illegality of drugs caused by prohibition is what’s causing the huge drug profits that attract criminals and lead to cases like these.
It’s the same as the 1930s style gangster violence that was created by alcohol prohibition.
Pedro @ #13, JimD @ #8 is right on the money. Why do you think all these murders are occurring? Because the high profits selling prohibited drugs make murdering opposing gangs worth while, same as in Chicago during alcohol prohibition.
And no, the murdering gangs are probably not smuggling pot. Most marijuana seems to be home-grown or from Canada these days. But it’s the easiest drug to de-prohibit, so let’s start there and then work on killing the rest of prohibition.
If you’re afraid of legal drugs, let me remind you that all drugs were legal until the early 20th century. When you could buy your heroin or cocaine at any drug store for pennies, nobody got murdered because of drugs. Look at “Doc” Pemberton, the man who invented Coca-Cola. He was a morphine addict his entire adult life and it had virtually no negative effect on his life because he spent a few cents a day in his own drug store to feed his habit. Today he would be spending a hundred dollars a day on a street corner buying god-knows-what.
Until drug prohibition, the biggest drug problem was patent drug manufacturers putting all kinds of opiates in their medicines without mentioning it on the label. The typical addict was a housewife. Nobody got shot and few died of overdoses. Now look at the situation. Isn’t prohibition wonderful?