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2010-04-17 Caribbean-Latin America

Mexican Drug Cartels Emptying Border Towns

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-04-17 00:57|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Fort Hancock needs a cavalry detachment.

Posted by bman 2010-04-17 12:25|| 2010-04-17 12:25|| Front Page Top

#2 The cartels may be creating their own free-fire zones.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-04-17 13:12|| 2010-04-17 13:12|| Front Page Top

#3 The NYT today ran a story about refugees on the US side of the border, I expect there will be many more stories like this: Its very hard over there, said Vicente Burciaga, 23, who fled El Porvenir a month ago with his wife, Mayra, and their infant son after gang members burned down five homes in their neighborhood and killed a neighbor. They are killing people over there who have nothing to do with drug trafficking, he said. They kill you just for having seen what they are doing.
In the Fort Hancock School district, Spectators are now barred from football and basketball practices.
All the children, the only thing they know how to play, is sicarios, one refugee mother said, using the Spanish word for hired killers.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-04-17 13:56|| 2010-04-17 13:56|| Front Page Top

#4 go south

Posted by chris 2010-04-17 14:11|| 2010-04-17 14:11|| Front Page Top

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