Vicious drug turf war turns Mexican border town of Tijuana into a killing zone

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/mexico/3535833/Vicious-drug- ^ | 11/29/2008 | Philip Sherwell in Tijuana

[Misterioso]

Around the same number of dead as in the Mumbai attacks, but about 5% of the media coverage.

You find this baffling? Where is the equivalence? Terror against white foreigners as opposed to drug cartel maintenance operations? No comparison.

[ruination]

I didn’t say I was baffled. I’m furious. If the guy in the White House and the guy who’ll be taking over from him weren’t intent on the country following policies which will end up fundamentally and inextricably linking the U.S. and Mexican populations, I wouldn’t be. How many Americans died in Mumbai? I’d bet many more have been killed by Mexican citizens, on American soil, in every one of the past 40 quarters.

[MarkL]

U.S. murder capital is New Orleans at 209 year to date.

Pikers! Those murderers in NO are a bunch of pansies compared to TJ!

Seriously though... 300 murders in just over 2 months? 4000 murders so far this year? And this is on our southern border. Time to shut that border down... About 5 or 6 years ago, that is!

Mark

[Vaduz]

Time to shut that border down/no word from congress.

[ladyvet]

Ditto.

[umgud]

If I ever get assigned to Compton again, I think I’ll request a change of venue!

Just be thankfull they didn't have night-court.

[umgud]

I used to spend time there as well, but you’re right...... that was then, this is now.

[Joan Kerrey]

everyone has to go through a metal detector to get into the courthouse.
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It won’t be long before one has to go through metal detectors at malls, churches, schools and gated communities at the rate we’re going.