See Your Weekly Drug War Report (and note the dates of the articles):
"Mexico sends 1,500 extra troops to border town to combat surging drug-related killings" by Associated Press | June 22, 2009
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Mexico has deployed 1,500 more troops to the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, where homicides related to the drug trade have surged in recent weeks.
The extra soldiers will begin patrolling the city today, said Enrique Torres Valadez, the spokesman for the joint security operation of soldiers and state police in Ciudad Juarez.
A total of 2,500 troops arrived Saturday night in the city across the border from El Paso, Torres said, though about 1,000 of them are relieving soldiers already on duty there. Drug-related killings in Ciudad Juarez declined to about one per day after the army sent about 5,000 troops there in March, bringing the number of soldiers patrolling the streets to about 7,000.
A wonderful by-product of the deceptive drug war -- tyranny!
As homicides declined, some troops withdrew. But last week, the Chihuahua state attorney general’s office said killings in Ciudad Juarez have risen again to an average of eight to nine per day. State officials haven’t given a reason for the increase....
CUI BONO?
Local, state, and federal forces will step up patrols in the most dangerous parts of the city and increase checks of suspicious vehicles, Chihuahua state Public Safety Secretary Victor Valencia said last week. Local police have been working alongside the army, which is scheduled to begin withdrawing later this year.
And WHERE have we heard THAT BEFORE, 'eh, Amurkns?
The resurgence of homicides, however, calls into question whether that withdrawal will be possible so quickly....
And WHERE have we heard THAT BEFORE, 'eh, Amurkns?
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