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Title: Mexico homicides jump 47 percent
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URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523 ... t=Au7u2QAx.EQunQj8kpzWG1us0NUE
Published: May 23, 2008
Author: EDUARDO CASTILLO
Post Date: 2008-05-23 19:57:37 by Jethro Tull
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MEXICO CITY - Homicides related to organized crime jumped 47 percent in 2008, Mexico's attorney general said Friday in a rare confirmation of how bad violence has become. Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora told Radio Formula that 1,378 people have been killed so far this year, compared with 940 in the same period last year. The statistic reflected what many in Mexico already knew: Drug-related killings have soared in recent months. But the details were the first official snapshot on the rise in killings. The Mexican government has been reluctant to release homicide statistics, leaving the public to rely on informal tallies by the news media. Medina Mora said many of the recent killings have been concentrated along the U.S. border, while homicides in the central part of the nation have subsided. The government says the violence reflects drug gangs' desperation amid the nationwide crackdown, carried out by more than 20,000 soldiers and federal police. "Evidently when they are cornered and weakened, they have to respond with violence," Medina Mora said. Analysts say recent arrests have created a power vacuum and gangs are battling for valuable drug routes and territory. One of the hardest hit cities is Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas. A recent e-mail warning of a weekend bloodbath has alarmed many residents there. Nobody seems to know who wrote the e-mail, which says gunmen will fire at malls, restaurants and other public places in "killings all over the city." But many people have forwarded it to friends. Juarez Police Chief Roberto Orduna said the threats must be taken seriously and issued a news release Thursday assuring residents that police would be more vigilant. More than 200 people have been killed so far this year in Juarez. _
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#1. To: Jethro Tull, All (#0)
At what point in this bloody mess will Bush decide to post our troops on the border to protect America from this turd-world mess??
Bush signed an agreement with Canada to allow their troops to occupy American cities if Bush declares an emergency. SInce Mexico is also a signatory to all NAFTA and NAU agreements, I would suppose the Mexican army will also be asked to occupy selected American cities.
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Time to build a fence to keep them in?
Bush and Congress and our fedgov employees could give 2 hoots about OUR safety and welfare. Consider that the State Department was loathe to issue any travel advisories to American tourists planning to visit Mexico until quite recently despite the fact that this horrible violence in Mexico has been going on for quite some time. I suspect the only time Bush or any future President, the way things are looking these days, will post US troops on our border will be so WE can be kept in, not so illegal invaders will be kept out.
And as the violence increases, the CA lefties are clamoring for the Big O. I can't wait until he brings a taste of his Illinois legislative agenda to the Golden State; shoot a home invader, go to jail.
“The best and first guarantor of our neutrality and our independent existence is the defensive will of the people…and the proverbial marksmanship of the Swiss shooter. Each soldier a good marksman! Each shot a hit!” Schweizerische Schutzenseitunt (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
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#4. To: X-15 (#1)
At what point in this bloody mess will Bush decide to post our troops on the border to protect America from this turd-world mess??
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