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The bitter price to pay for Mexico's bloody drugs war
The Daily Telegraph ^ | 10/09/2011 | Harriet Alexander

Posted on 10/09/2011 5:57:15 AM PDT by EnglishCon

Ms Valles, 21, fled Mexico in fear of her life, hustling her parents, sisters, husband and one-year-old son into a 4 x 4 vehicle and hurtling across the border to seek asylum in the United States. They left just in time. That night a squad of hit men arrived at their small bungalow and ransacked the rooms.

"I would like to go back home," she said. "But if I hadn't left my country I wouldn't be alive now."

In spite of her diminutive size and sweet, girlish manner, Ms Valles had some powerful and vicious enemies. The criminology graduate was appointed chief of police in the small town of Praxedis G Guerrero, 50 miles east of Ciudad Juarez and a few miles from the US border.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atf; banglist; borderwars; castaway; cia; dea; dhs; doj; drugcartel; fastandfurious; fbi; gunrunner; gunwalker; holder; ice; mexico; obama; perjury
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To: ClearCase_guy

She is not Jose the gardener Clear Case Guy...keep reaching...The Telegraph is a reliable source not Your Boston Globe! ;)


21 posted on 10/09/2011 6:34:38 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: AuntB; Tennessee Nana; Clintonfatigued; South40; cripplecreek; caww; TADSLOS; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
It is well-known that the savage Zetas Gulf cartel---- once a former "special forces unit" of the Mexican Army---- has been in operation for years, and recruits openly in Mexico. The signature Zetas penalty for those who dare finger them is beheading.

In fact the Zeta drug cartels are very busy setting up their organization IN THE US-----IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

So far, Texas Gov Perry (a presidential aspirant) has made no move to close them down.

Maybe he's waiting til they finish college with in-state tuition? (/snix)

22 posted on 10/09/2011 6:34:45 AM PDT by Liz (The rule of law must prevail. We canÂ’t govern ourselves by our personal point of view.)
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To: fight_truth_decay
Why do you think I didn't read the story? I know who she was. Perhaps you couldn't grasp my point.

The media finds a strong-willed woman willing to serve as a police chief in Mexico who is then chased out and needs political asylum. For the media, that is a justification for amnesty for all illegal immigrants.

Likewise, the media will find a 12-yr-old girl who was raped and impregnated by her father and the media will use that as justification for government-funded abortion.

Find a sympathetic case, then argue for a broad, sweeping societal change which is not nearly so sympathetic.

It's a tactic.

23 posted on 10/09/2011 6:35:18 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: Citizen Tom Paine

“If the US citizens quit using drugs, the problem would go away. What is there about the US that drives people to drug use?”

Mostly the facts that the “if it feels good do it” and “its nobody’s business as long as its just me” crowds condone it, the hedonists of Hollywood actively promote it as harmless, and it serves the interests of trial lawyers to fill the court dockets and their pockets with the public money from being paid defenders of that which is indefensible, so they support it too.


24 posted on 10/09/2011 6:36:25 AM PDT by GenXteacher (He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I heard a report that the feds are going to crack down on the legal pot dispensaries in the US because the pot is so high grade AND grown here. That tells me they want to keep the prices high for the cartels with the ILLEGAL stuff coming in over the border. I don’t like it.


25 posted on 10/09/2011 6:36:53 AM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: MestaMachine

Oh I shall!

Might ping you on some European border stories too - sometimes it is good to know how other countries are failing to deal with the same problems!


26 posted on 10/09/2011 6:37:47 AM PDT by EnglishCon
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To: EnglishCon
One high school summer back in the 60s, I took a six week course at the Tech in Monterrey. Mexico had a growing middle class back then. If there was a drug problem, I sure didn't see it.
27 posted on 10/09/2011 6:46:53 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I was in the sticks well outside Zacatecas. Rural community, hardscrabble farming - mostly subsistance with some small cash crops.
Arrived there after an accident, and just stayed for two years helping out in the school and mechanicing. Wife and kids loved it, so did I.


28 posted on 10/09/2011 6:53:35 AM PDT by EnglishCon
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To: EnglishCon

***Just something of interest, that I have not seen in the US media.***

It’s been covered, at least here in TX. For someone in hiding, I am concerned for her safety when I’ve seen videotaped interviews on television. I think some people may have the idea that the Cartels are only good at torture, and killing.
They are also tech savvy. They have expertise in logistics, accounting,chemistry, banking..Think of the things one would want in a successful global corporation..the cartels have all that, including friends in high places..It’s pretty scary.

Also, of interest:

http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1604-ending-the-zetas-killing-spree-an-invisible-success-story


29 posted on 10/09/2011 6:55:33 AM PDT by sockmonkey (Freepers, please turn yourself in at attackwatch.com)
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To: Citizen Tom Paine
What is there about the US that drives people to drug use?

All the hard to do stuff has been done. living is easy, with more leasure time than many know what to do with, not having the drive in the first place to ---->do something<----.

30 posted on 10/09/2011 7:01:57 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: sockmonkey

Thank you for the link!

Yeah, I worry about her being found, but I respect her for speaking out. The fact she is a graduate, a cop and, to be honest, pretty, will get far more interest than if she was some peasant farmer that had to run.
The Zetas, and the other cartels, are so evil that any and all information is useful on them. I hear some things from various friends in TX, AZ and Mexico, but not enough.


31 posted on 10/09/2011 7:06:04 AM PDT by EnglishCon
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To: Liz

No more US tax dollars for Third World connivers.

How about no more US tax dollars leave the US until we clean up this mess.


32 posted on 10/09/2011 7:07:14 AM PDT by Josephat
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To: Josephat

You got that right.


33 posted on 10/09/2011 7:19:12 AM PDT by Liz (The rule of law must prevail. We canÂ’t govern ourselves by our personal point of view.)
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To: opentalk; All

This is a result of our government arming the drug cartels to try to restrict 2nd amendment rights,get obama’s re-election funds from the cartels and cause an influx of illegals for the dems voting base.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2789698/posts


34 posted on 10/09/2011 7:20:10 AM PDT by Watchdog85
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To: Liz

“So far, Texas Gov Perry (a presidential aspirant) has made no move to close them down.”

The only thing that is REALLY going to “close down” the drug cartels, and put them permanently out of business, is a “Chinese solution”.

In the early years of communism, how did the Chinese deal with drug dealers?

Just sayin’...


35 posted on 10/09/2011 7:26:19 AM PDT by Grumplestiltskin (I may look new, but it's only deja vu!)
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To: EnglishCon
Wife and I used to vacation at one of the Mexican resorts. We lived in Mpls and needed a break from the 20 below zero winters. Ixtapa was our favorite place. Huatulco was just new with two hotels and little to do. We flew from Huatulco to Oaxaca on a tidy old DC-3, Air Liberdad, I think. Up in the mountains, this little city was a traditional Indian-Spanish mixture. Some folks spoke a local dialect and would switch back to Spanish or English, as needed.
36 posted on 10/09/2011 7:30:45 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: EnglishCon
"The bitter price to pay for Mexico's bloody drugs war"

A Modest Proposal - simply shoot anyone who is found in possession of drugs. Sentence to be carried out within 24 hours of capture. Policy to apply to every nationality including Americans.

This would have the effect of (1) deterring possession. (2) Eliminating those people who do possess drugs (3) Keeping the price low (1 bullet = $0.?? when purchased in bulk) (4) Keep the lefty media busy.

37 posted on 10/09/2011 7:31:04 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: Liz

Just to add local flavor here at Perryville ground zero of Austin, the Mexican drug cartel La Familia operates here in plain sight. They use Austin as a distribution hub into the deep south and mid-west. While Ricardo Perry chides us of being heartless, his state Capitol is run amok with illegals operating a massive drug cartel within view of his Governor’s mansion.


38 posted on 10/09/2011 7:37:11 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Free Republic- Still AAA++ rated)
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To: Citizen Tom Paine

People like you.


39 posted on 10/09/2011 8:06:44 AM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: EnglishCon

I suggest that everyone read the following report about Texas Border Security:

http://www.texasagriculture.gov/vgn/tda/files/1848/46982_Final%20Report-Texas%20Border%20Security.pdf

It was written by two military experts who each have extensive experience. The report seems long, but one can get the meat of it by reading pages 9-15.

Note the recommendations.


40 posted on 10/09/2011 8:15:14 AM PDT by LOC1 (Let's pick the best, not settle for a compromise.)
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