Maybe it's time to legalize the stuff and let people start businesses; after all, who benefit$ from the illegality?
"US teens shot dead in violent Mexican city" by Associated Press / February 9, 2011
EL PASO — Two of three teens shot to death at a car dealership in Mexico last weekend had crossed the border from Texas for a party in Ciudad Juarez, one of the most dangerous cities in the world, then stayed overnight to shop for a used car, friends in El Paso said yesterday....
The three boys were gunned down at the car dealership just across the border from El Paso on Saturday afternoon. At least 60 bullet casings were found at the scene.
Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for Chihuahua prosecutors, said authorities have no leads on suspects or a motive.
Ciudad Juarez is the center of a fierce turf war between the Sinaloa and Juarez drug cartels. More than 3,000 people were killed last year in the city of 1.3 million residents.
Many Ciudad Juarez residents travel across the border daily for work or study. Some Mexicans live in El Paso for safety reasons and commute to Ciudad Juarez....
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"US immigration agent killed in Mexico" by Associated Press / February 16, 2011
MEXICO CITY — A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was killed and another wounded while driving through northern Mexico yesterday, in a rare attack on American officials in a country fighting powerful drug cartels....
The two agents were driving in the northern state of San Luis Potosi when they were stopped at what appeared to be a military checkpoint, said one Mexican official. After they stopped, someone opened fire on them, the official said.
Though Mexico is seeing record rates of violence from warring drug cartels and a crackdown on organized crime, it is rare for US officials to be attacked. The US government, however, has become increasingly concerned about the safety of its employees in Mexico amid the escalating violence.
And thus the New World Order agenda of control must be further implemented so $ecurity $ervices can continue to receive more funds and bank$ can continue to launder money.
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Related: Mexico loses corn crop to cold
No, no news article about that in my agenda-pushing paper.
Based upon their coverage selections I must conclude that Mexico = Drug War, period.
