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Why isn’t this war a constant front page story in the American media, why isn’t the media making heroic films and news stories about the incredibly brave heroes in Mexico who are facing these monsters?

Soldiers, police, even mayors and Judges are displaying bravery beyond belief, yet our media is relatively neutral and indifferent, and Hollywood is silent.

The same thing was true about Columbia 15 years or so ago. Amid a great deal of corruption and a culture that encouraged looking the other way many police, soldiers, some politicians, and a surprising number of the judiciary faced death, and often were killed brutally, to fight the war with the Narcotrafficantes and their allies (some at the top of the political and economic pyramid). Virtually nothing was made about this other than some silly films that intimated a handful of Americans were showing the lackadaisical Colombians how to clean up their problems. Unfortunately most Americans of all political persuasions are very cultural complaisant and have no interest in finding out the hellishly violent and complicated lives of those who are our allies and stand with us in wars most people barely know are happening.

This happened today in Bogata. Payback for fighting the vampires is still going on:

Five dead, 17 injured in Bogota bombing believed targeted at ex-minister
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Last Updated: 5:17 PM, May 15, 2012
Posted: 5:17 PM, May 15, 2012

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Police inspect the scene after a bomb exploded in Bogota, Colombia. A bomb targeting former Colombian interior minister Fernando Londono killed two of his bodyguards and injured at least 31 others in the heart of Bogota's uptown commercial district, authorities said.
BOGOTA, Colombia — Five people were killed and 17 injured in the Colombian capital Tuesday when a bomb exploded in what President Juan Manuel Santos said was an assassination attempt against a former interior minister.
“I've just learned that an attempt was made on the life of Mr. Fernando Londono. He was in his armored car,” said Santos in a speech from the presidential palace.

“Fortunately, Dr. Londono is stable condition in the hospital,” the Colombian leader said, adding Londono’s driver and a police guard were among the dead.
Bogota's mayor, Gustavo Petro, said via Twitter that “one suspect has been arrested” and there is surveillance video of the crime scene.
“The entire city should stay alert,” he added in his message.
The Red Cross said 17 people had been injured.
Witnesses said the blast, which occurred just after 11:00am local time (1600 GMT), appeared to have been triggered by a bomb placed on a public bus, but officials could not immediately confirm that.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred on Bogota's busy Calle 74 and Avenida Caracas, a bustling intersection in the northwest of the city filled with foot traffic from businesses and students from nearby universities.
Witnesses described an ear-shattering explosion followed by scenes of carnage.
“It was horrible,” said one witness who reported the grisly disaster scene included a body torn in half by the force of the blast.
The witness said Londono’s bodyguards brandished their firearms as they removed the injured minister from the shattered vehicle and rushed him to a nearby hospital.
Londono, 78, served in the cabinet of former president Alvaro Uribe, a hardliner who governed from 2002 to 2010.