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Mexico Drug War Update
Mexico's president feels "misunderstood" about his bloody drug war, but the killings continue despite his hurt feelings.
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The profits of prohibition fuel the violence in Mexico. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Mexico Drug War Update
Last Wednesday was a bloody day in Nuevo Leon, and last weekend was a bloody one in Michoacan. And those are just the high-lights.
All the drug busts in Mexico seem to make no difference. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Mexico Drug War Update
Mexico's prohibition-related violence, with all its spectacular and horrifying brutality, continues unabated.
Bust after bust... and still no impact besides more violence. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Mexico Drug War Update
As prohibition-related violence continues unabated, peace marchers are heading for Ciudad Juarez.
Drug prohibition funds the bloody mayhem in Mexico (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Mexico Drug War Update
No end in sight for the prohibition-related violence plaguing Mexico. The hit men just keep on coming.
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Two Border Patrol Agents Die Chasing Marijuana Smugglers
The fruitless and unending effort to stop marijuana from being imported into the US cost the lives of two Border Patrol agents this month.
Drug prohibition funds the bloody mayhem in Mexico (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Mexico Drug War Update
After more than four year's of Calderon's drug war, there is no end in sight to the violence.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Drug-related police corruption comes in many varieties. We've got several this week.
Escalating Drug Prohibition Violence in Northern Mexico Overwhelms Authorities
Northern Mexicoâs drug prohibition war continues to claim victims, with more than 360 bodies discovered in mass graves just last week. The situation in Northern Mexico is devolving into chaos as prohibition-created organizations fight for control of the lucrative Northern Mexico drug route into the United States. The Mexican government is powerless to end the violence. Overpowered authorities basically have abandoned the area, recognizing their inability to restore any sort of order to the area.
US Cattle Inspectors Leave Mexico Amid Drug Prohibition War
For years, these inspections have been conducted before cattle cross the border, but the drug prohibition war has prompted the U.S. to move some of its operations north. The change, instituted over the past year at three of the 11 ports along the U.S.-Mexico border, is drawing concern from some cattle raisers, who fear infections long eradicated in the U.S. but still showing up in Mexico will spread before inspection. The change is supposed to be temporary, although there are no immediate plans for the American inspectors to return to Mexico.