I found these two articles interesting.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/15/world/international-uk-mexico-usa-murders.html
And this from the same article
19,000 people have been killed! The US is pouring in hundreds of millions of dollars and equipment!
And now we see this...
http://www.krgv.com/mostpopular/sto...ter-Spotted-in-US/XzvlDLEthUS6M_NfPEGvew.cspx
Armed Mexican troops entering our country in response to the all out war taking place south of the border. I read about this and was thunderstruck. Americans need to know what is happening in Mexico!
Your thoughts?
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/15/world/international-uk-mexico-usa-murders.html
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - The killing of three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Mexico's bloodiest drug war hotspot has thrown President Felipe Calderon a major test as he heads to this border city on Tuesday to try to contain spiralling violence.
Suspected drug hitmen killed an American woman working at the consulate in Ciudad Juarez, just over the border from El Paso, Texas, and her U.S. husband on Saturday as they left a children's birthday party. A Mexican man married to another consulate employee was killed around the same time in another part of the city after he and his wife left the same event.
And this from the same article
Deeply concerned about the violence, Washington is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help train Mexican police and provide helicopters and equipment to fight drug gangs.
But across Mexico, drug violence is at its worst level ever. Nearly 19,000 people have been killed since Calderon came to power in 2006, and many U.S. students have heeded warnings not to cross the border this year for their annual "spring break" vacation.
Mexican anti-drug officials defend the army-backed strategy and told Reuters that the focus remained on using the 8,000 troops and federal police on the streets of Ciudad Juarez to crush drug cartels. Calderon is expected to meet the U.S. consul in Ciudad Juarez on Tuesday and try to reassure local residents he is fighting the violence, but little more.
19,000 people have been killed! The US is pouring in hundreds of millions of dollars and equipment!
And now we see this...
http://www.krgv.com/mostpopular/sto...ter-Spotted-in-US/XzvlDLEthUS6M_NfPEGvew.cspx
FALCON HEIGHTS - A Mexican navy helicopter was seen doing surveillance in Starr County.
Residents of Falcon Heights, about 14 miles away from Roma, noticed a Mexican helicopter hovering over a home shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday night.
Witnesses say the helicopter hovered for about 15 minutes over a house where a known criminal used to live.
Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr. says, "They had armored individuals in the chopper, open ramp, very military looking, in style and preparation."
Armed Mexican troops entering our country in response to the all out war taking place south of the border. I read about this and was thunderstruck. Americans need to know what is happening in Mexico!
Your thoughts?