Posted on 10/05/2008 3:29:33 PM PDT by Ladycalif
Unease about potential for spillover rises in U.S.
After a particularly violent week in Tijuana that has left 54 dead in a fierce cartel power struggle, experts on both sides of the border fear the worst is yet to come.
Law enforcement officers inspected several bodies found on a Tijuana street Friday. The string of violence continued yesterday, with 10 more bodies found around the city.
Since early last year, Mexican President Felipe Calderón has deployed thousands of soldiers and federal police to drug-route battlegrounds such as Baja California, Chihuahua and Michoacan. Experts say it's clear that the recent bloodbath along the border, felt especially hard in Ciudad Juarez and Nuevo Laredo and now increasingly in Tijuana, is the backlash.
(Excerpt) Read more at signonsandiego.com ...
Build the fence now and let the garbage south of the border kill themselves off.
Senator Biden announces that this is a quagmire, suggests the Mexican military withdraw at once
Earlier reports noted some bodies had had their tongues cut out and some were carrying deportation documents from the USA.
Other media outlets have noted some of the bodies have been beheaded and others show signs of torture.
For the Mexican Reports: (graphic photos)
http://radiopatrulla.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=1&Itemid=27
ping
This is NOT the United States of America I grew up in. "Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore . . .'" 'Nuff said.
Sounds like no country for old men.
It’s a bleepin’ war zone.
Keep your powder dry.
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