Posted on 02/17/2006 12:11:00 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico The weary residents of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, had hoped the influx of hundreds of federal agents would put a halt to the wave of violence in the border city.
The crime wave blamed on an escalating drug war killed 181 people last year, including a newly appointed police chief and a city councilman.
But drug-related crime hasn't let up since the "federales" arrived, and 31 people have been killed so far this year. That's a sharp increase from last year's record toll.
Eight months ago, President Vicente Fox sent soldiers and federal agents to take back from drug traffickers the city across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas. But the killings continue and brazen attacks remain commonplace. Plans to gradually withdraw federal agents have been put on hold, and police are having trouble recruiting new officers.
Baghdad on the Rio Grande!
Town will implode in anarchy.
Well, the federales and el ejercito are both assisting the drug dealers in running drugs north - even to the level of providing cross-border fire support...
What did the folks in Nuevo Laredo expect?
Competence and honesty from Mexico's law enforcement community?
Do either of you wonder why this hasn't received more national attention? Is it because Cheney went bird hunting?
But drug-related crime hasn't let up since the "federales" arrived, and 31 people have been killed so far this year. That's a sharp increase from last year's record toll.
Local mexican sheriff: "We have met the enemy, and they are us."
That's like asking a pitbull to babysit a crying baby.
Placing the Fox (Vincente) to guard the henhouse.
Apparently the leftists think one wounded Texan is a bigger deal than almost 200 dead Mexicans.
Unfortunately, the Hispanics in office won't do anything to change it as long as W won't. It's a nice little system they've had going and Texans get tired of it sometimes.
We used to get nice rich folks at Easter and before school, but now it's dirty, loud, vulgar folks who trash the place.
The obvious conclusion is, that the "federales" are working in cahoots with the drug runners.
The local newspaper has chosen to report nothing, because of active threats against the reporters and the editor himself, and even a couple killings, if I recall correctly.
And once the local press is intimidated, there is little hope of exposure of the extent of the corruption.
A story that has been greatly underreported here in the US media.
Placing the Fox (Vincente) to guard the henhouse.
Good one. But it should have been "casa pollo".
Mexico is Americas Palestine.
sigh
I am sorry I dont speak spanish and dont intend to learn as I dont intend to invade their country as they have invaded mine.
Now if I were going to live in Mexico I would expect to speak their language.
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