Posted on 04/06/2009 9:41:26 AM PDT by FromLori
Mexican President Felipe Calderone has deployed nearly 50,000 troops along the U.S.-Mexico border and throughout the country to fight drug traffickers, dramatically expanding the military's role. One quarter of Mexico's army is now committed to the drug war, while more than 10,100 people have been killed in the strife since December 2006.
VIDEO
Washington Post foreign correspondent Steve Fainaru Post foreign correspondent and Mexico City bureau chief William Booth, and Post videojournalist Travis Fox were online Thursday, April 2, at 11:30 a.m. ET to discuss the series, Mexico at War: On the Front Lines.
William Booth: Welcome, all I see that Steve and Travis and I are all interconnected and ready to go. We've launched a reporting project on Mexico's war against the drug smugglers and our first venture appears today, so lets do some questions.
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Too bad the Mexican Army is corrupt.
No kidding, they will probably just “conveniently” lose their rifles...
Ping!
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