Well, with the down turn in the US economy, many illegals will start heading back south, a lot not Mexican, but they will try to make it there versus El Salvador, etc. and the Mexican gov knows it needs to get a handle on the corruption quick as hopefully, the border will be much more secured quickly.
Partly. The Boys annoyed a few people when they murdered the brother of former Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari in late 2004.
But the Mexican Army just scored this last Sunday with the capture of Alfredo Mochomo Beltrán Leyva in the Sinaloa capital, Culiacán. A high-end lieutenant in the northern Mexican states for the cartel run by his cousin, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as El Chapo Guzman.
Found with nearly a million dollars in cash when taken, he was both a bagman who paid off the cartel's little fingers in Sinaloa, Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco and Nayarit, and directed at least two hit teams working in Guerrero state, where Acapulco is located, and another in Sonora, across the US border from Arizona.
Whether the Army unit was in the pay of the Gulf cartel, which is based on the Texas-Mexico border, and has good ties to the Mexican military since their paramilitary Zetas are largely former or current Mexican military personnel is yet to be seen. But for now, expect more shootouts on and around both sides of the border, especially in Reynosa/Tijuana/Laredo, equalling or surpassing last year when around 2,500 people were killed in the drug shootouts.
And there are some real interesting connections to the Sinaloa Cowboys....
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I am afraid I share your cynicism. “Mexico” could be a synonym for “government corruption”.
Winner!