Posted on 08/30/2010 11:00:18 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
Drug-trade violence in Mexico that has left more than 28,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands more terrorized during the past four years has made an imprint on Mexican expatriates living in the Rogue Valley.
"People are scared so they want to leave the country to find another place to live more freely and not be scared to go out."
"When people get together, they're telling each other they are scared and hope nothing happens to their family members," Perez said through an interpreter.
"The cartels have more power than the government," she said. "Everyone knows the drug cartels have more power, and that's why there are so many shootings. The drug cartels are more powerful because have more money than the government. With money you buy out people, and people will do anything for money. The people are so poor in Mexico they are just trying to survive. If they are offered a not-so-good job, they'll do anything to survive, so it's easy to bribe people."
"If the Mexican government doesn't find help from other countries, then it will be very difficult to battle the cartels, because they do need outside help," she said. "Mexico can't handle its internal affairs, at least that's what it seems like right now."
"They are our enemies, we never know if they are already here," said Jose, a local businessman who asked that his last name not be printed, "because somebody could come and hurt me."
"People who object," Jose said, "they get killed, because there is no freedom of expression. Things are out of control. More recently, this president (Calderón) tried to stop everything, but he cannot do anything by himself. He needs help and needs the (rank and file) government to be honest."
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We actually put some effort into controlling our borders.
And part 2, a bullet between the eyes of people convicted of manufacturing or selling of hard drugs such as cocaine or meth.
Sounds bad “B”, it’s the type of insanity that is prevalent in all of our society!
Progressive socialism is taking over and not enough of us seem to care!
Be Ever Vigilant!
The big cover ups!
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