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From David Galland, Managing Director, Casey Research: Every nation-state has a body of laws woven into the fabric of society. As Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto has commented on extensively, the stronger the rule of law, the stronger the economy. And by “stronger” laws, I mean laws that are impervious to tampering for personal or political gains. The connection between a sound judiciary and economic health is readily comprehensible, except maybe to [...] Maria Santos Gorrostieta had been stabbed, beaten and burned The former mayor leaves behind three children The woman mayor who was kidnapped and murdered by a Mexican drug gang pleaded with her attackers for her young daughter’s life, it emerged today. Maria Santos Gorrostieta, who had already survived two assassination [...] Forty-seven homicides this year could beat record of 58 from 1995 Almost half of residents unemployed and streets are run by drug gangs This city, long among the nation’s poorest and most crime-ridden, is on the verge of dismantling its police department and starting anew with a force run by the county government. City officials are making the move to increase the [...] Juarez, Mexico - The US Central Intelligence Agency and other international security forces “don’t fight drug traffickers”, a spokesman for the Chihuahua state government in northern Mexico has told Al Jazeera, instead “they try to manage the drug trade”. Allegations about official complicity in the drug business are nothing new when they come from activists, professors, campaigners or even former officials. However, an official spokesman for the authorities in one of Mexico’s most violent [...] Thomas R. Eddlem The United Nations is polishing up a global Arms Transfer Treaty (ATT) this month in a New York convention that would create a global registry of private ownership of firearms. This treaty — which would also mandate creation of a national collection agency for those guns and is contrary to the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment — has the long-standing and enthusiastic backing of the Obama State Department, [...] Uruguay – in a bid to curb a narcotics-fuelled violent crimewave across the country – has unveiled plans to nationalise its cannabis market and become the first government in the world to sell the soft drug to consumers. The measure is aimed at both reducing the rising power of drug gangs and the growing number of users of crack and freebase cocaine in what has traditionally been one of Latin America’s [...] AFP Police found the dismembered, decapitated bodies of 15 people in two abandoned vehicles in western Mexico Wednesday in an apparent revenge killing between powerful drug gangs. Police initially counted 12 bodies dumped in the car on a road between Mexico’s second city of Guadalajara and the lakeside city of Chapala, known for its North American expatriate community. An anonymous call alerted police to the abandoned vehicles, and the bodies were [...] Police found the dismembered, decapitated bodies of 15 people in two abandoned vehicles in western Mexico Wednesday in an apparent revenge killing between powerful drug gangs. Police initially counted 12 bodies dumped in the car on a road between Mexico’s second city of Guadalajara and the lakeside city of Chapala, known for its North American expatriate community. An anonymous call alerted police to the abandoned vehicles, and the bodies were taken to [...] By Reuters SAN SALVADOR — No one was murdered in El Salvador on Saturday, officials said, in what was the first homicide-free day in nearly three years for the Central American country plagued by violent drug gangs. “After years when the number of murders reached alarming levels of up to 18 per day, we saw not one homicide in the country,” President Mauricio Funes said in a statement released on Sunday. The murder-free [...] Only old posts found http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/12/23/us-mexico-drugs-sb-idUKTRE4BM5CG20081223 http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/06/mexico-gangs-spread-tentacles-abroad.html My search did not turn up anything new. But I am a hit or miss searcher. Our deployed poster has spoken of this activity in the past. - truthzunknownz It’s still unclear why the agents were sent down a stretch of highway controlled by Mexican drug gangs, but how the doors magically openned is an even bigger mystery. Nick Miroff and William Booth MEXICO CITY — When U.S. special agent Jaime Zapata was shot dead one year ago on a notorious stretch of highway in central Mexico, he was driving a $160,000 armored Chevy Suburban, built to exacting government standards, [...] http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/ca897b8e-2bc0-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fca897b8e-2bc0-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Frereferyned#axzz1hngxVhM7 Over two dozen Republicans call for Holder to resign Paul Joseph Watson Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu joined over two dozen Republican lawmakers in calling on Attorney General Eric Holder’s to resign over Operation Fast and Furious, the gunrunning program that saw the ATF deliver some 2,000 guns directly into the hands of Mexican drug gangs, labeling the scandal worse than the Watergate cover-up that brought down the Nixon [...] (1) end the looting (by Wall Street, the banksters, the multi-national corporations, billionaires, etc.) and God knows I’m not a libertarian but Karl Denninger is right: OWS: The Risks Facing America Today “…Again, as I’ve said for four years: We need a banking system because we do indeed need a way to clear payments so you can pay a bill or buy gasoline and food [...] So now the Fast and Furious affair has reached Stage 2 of the classic Washington scandal: House Republicans have called for a special counsel to investigate Attorney General Eric Holder himself for possible perjury. Justice Department documents indicate that Holder knew of the operation way back in July 2010 –far earlier than the “in the last few weeks” that he told congressional investigators under oath last [...] Mexico City – Violent crime has become a problem of national security in Mexico, where half of the territory is outside of state control and “we’re in the hands of the narcos,” an intelligence expert and author of a new book on Mexico’s public safety woes, said. Jorge Carrillo Olea, founder of Mexico’s leading intelligence center, said the “state has lost territorial control, and therefore governability,” over roughly [...] ** FILE ** Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez gets the customary Mexican “perp walk” by federal police officers in Mexico City after his arrest. Mr. Acosta, a former federal police officer, was one of Mexico’s most-wanted. (Associated Press) By Ricardo Chavez Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — An entire 20-man police force resigned in a northern Mexican town after a series of attacks that killed the police chief and five officers [...] Holder says measures are “appropriate” to stop flow of guns into Mexico even as feds caught directly shipping firearms to Mexican drug gangs Paul Joseph Watson The NRA is set to file a lawsuit challenging a federal “regulation” that requires gun merchants to report sales of more than one firearm directly to the ATF, a policy that is being enforced by harassment [...] (CNN) — A trio of Democratic U.S. senators called for tougher firearms laws and regulations after releasing a report that showed a large number of weapons used by Mexico drug gangs originating north of the border. More than 70 percent of 29,284 firearms submitted to the U.S. Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for tracing by the Mexican government during 2009 and 2010 originated in the [...] * Eleven U.S. companies named in suit * Burgos gas field targeted, up to 40 pct of output robbed * More than $300 million in gas concentrate stolen By Mica Rosenberg MEXICO CITY, May 31 (Reuters) – Mexico’s state-run oil company Pemex is suing eleven U.S. companies for buying up to $300 million of fuel stolen by drug gangs and smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border, court documents showed. Pemex’s exploration and production (PEP) [...] Federal police patrol the streets next to the Municipal Palace in Apatzingan, Mexico Tony Avelar
Mexico City Ghost towns are nothing new in Mexico. Entire villages have long been left empty, as residents with no way to make a living migrate to the US for jobs. But now a force beyond mere economics is causing Mexicans to shutter their windows and flee: drug [...] SPREADING TERROR: A woman sees a relative lying dead on the ground after he was killed by gunmen in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in December. The city was where three Americans were killed earlier in the year, fueling concerns Americans were considered fair game by the drug cartels. (Associated Press)
The signature crimes of the most violent drug cartel in Mexico are its beheading and dismemberment [...] How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico’s murderous drug gangs Sunday 3 April 2011 As the violence spread, billions of dollars of cartel cash began to seep into the global financial system. But a special investigation by the Observer reveals how the increasingly frantic warnings of one London whistleblower were ignored By JOSé DE CóRDOBA MEXICO CITY—President Felipe Calderón will meet in Washington on Thursday with President Barack Obama in an attempt to repair relations at a time when spiraling violence in Mexico’s drug war has frayed ties between the two allies. The meeting comes just three weeks after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent was killed and another wounded by alleged drug gunmen. Jaime Zapata, the [...] 1. Taxes: raising taxes on everyone with his largest tax increase in history coming up on Jan 1, 2011. He should be cutting taxes; that would increase overall revenue and jump start the economy. 2. “Stimulus” spending: how many trillions has nobama spent? $1 trillion? and has it done anything? Answer is: the spending was a waste of taxpayers money! 3. Immigration: he is NOT enforcing our immigration laws. Murder and mayhem [...] |
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