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2009-03-09 Home Front: WoT
Texas. Feds set emergency plans for Mexican violence spillover
The state and federal governments have prepared contingency plans to deal with spillover violence from across the border as Mexican troops clash with ruthless drug cartels terrorizing Mexico.

Mexico's two largest drug cartels have fielded a combined army of 100,000 foot soldiers to battle not just government forces but also one another.
A crackdown by Mexican President Felipe Calderon has turned Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, into a war zone as federal troops battle feuding cartels.

Thousands of soldiers and agents have surged into the border city in the government's latest effort to free Mexican citizens from a daily spectacle of assassinations, kidnappings and beheadings ordered by rival drug czars.

Mexico's active-duty armed
The Mexican drug wars claimed more than 5,700 lives in Mexico in 2008. About a half-dozen cartels account for $27-billion-a-year through the smuggling of drugs and human cargo.
forces number more than 130,000 and are being aggressively used to combat the cartels. But U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters last week that Mexico's two largest drug cartels have fielded a combined army of 100,000 foot soldiers to battle not just government forces but also one another.

The state's contingency plan, which has not been released publicly, envisions scenarios of violence, such as kidnappings or a takeover by hit squads, with a corresponding response by law enforcement, McCraw said.

The Mexican drug wars claimed more than 5,700 lives in Mexico in 2008, including 1,600 in Juarez, where the Sinaloa and Juarez cartels are battling for supremacy. About a half-dozen cartels are rooted in Mexico, accounting for an estimated $27-billion-a-year business through the smuggling of drugs and human cargo.
Posted by lotp 2009-03-09 08:28|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 Unless I miss my guess, Barry will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory through executive order on this one. Stay tuned for this one.
Posted by Besoeker  2009-03-09 08:54||   2009-03-09 08:54|| Front Page Top

#2 This is bad, really bad. It is also not just border violence, as Geraldo reported cartel members are moving into El Paso and other cities further north. Gang violence is taking place in many cities where Mexican gangs are established, and the map of violent incidents included Sioux City, Omaha, and Kansas City. Beefing up the border is good but ignoring this cancerous spread where law enforcement is not prepared for combat is worrisome.
Posted by Thealing Borgia122 2009-03-09 12:39||   2009-03-09 12:39|| Front Page Top

#3 There will not be any US Federal involvement on this issue until a US citizen kills an illegal gang member in self defense. Then and only then will you see US action - to prosecute and imprison the US citizen in order to make an "example" of them.
Posted by Yosemite Sam 2009-03-09 13:06||   2009-03-09 13:06|| Front Page Top

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