Mexicans' drug war fears grow.

[Os Cangaceiros]

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2008/sep/25/poll_shows_strong_support_in_mex

Calderon is turning the Drug War into even more of a blood bath, from what I've read.

[Die Neue Zeit]

Even a Chavez-style government (really the only solution to Mexico's emigration problem so feared by U$ national-chauvinists) would be leaps and miles ahead of this asshole.

[GPDP]

Good lord, if only I could go back in time to 2006 and kick myself in the balls for supporting Calderon... granted, Lopez Obrador is not perfect, either, but he would've been far better than this reactionary piece of trash.

[Revulero]

The messed up thing about it is that anyone who tries to stop it ends up causing more trouble and not even lopez-obrador would have stopped the problem. The only solutions i see to this problem is to legalize drugs or just simply ignore the problem because just messing with these narcos will turn into a bloodbath.

[GPDP]

Hell, I know first-hand the effects the narcos have on society. I used to live in Culiacan, Sinaloa. Most of the city is probably under the thumb of the narcos by now.

[freakazoid]

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/256618


The consensus of opinion from the Phoenix, Arizona police is that at least some of the six cross border raiders were ex-Mexican Army personnel involved in the home invasion homicide on Monday.

The thoughts of the Phoenix Police officers are that the drug cartels are now performing cross border home invasion raids and murders north of the border i.e. Arizona. The past few months have been difficult for the Mexican Police and some of the drug cartel members who have assumed room temperature. As a result, some members of the remaining Mexican drug cartels are moving parts of their operations into the United States.

The home invasion on Monday, where a homeowner, 30-year-old Andrew Williams was murdered and as many as 100 rounds were fired at the home.
The Phoenix Police Department (PPD) documents linked here (http://www.kfyi.com/cc-common/mlib/622/06/622_1214436034.pdf) describe military tactical ops control. Complete with window raking, suppressive firing, and door breaches (busting in.)

The documents (http://www.kfyi.com/cc-common/mlib/622/06/622_1214436111.pdf)also appended suggest the home invaders were prepared to take the battle to the PPD, but ran out of ammunition prior to the arrival of the first PPD officers.

This nearly full scale battle which took place at 8329 W. Cypress St. Phoenix AZ. is presumed by the PPD to be only the beginning of the problem. Some reports indicate the drug cartels are interested in finding a safer place to do business than Mexico.

The issue of cross border raids has been gaining notoriety (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372202,00.html)over the past five months, the trend appears to be on the rise with no end in sight at this point.
The statement by one of those who was caught regarding the desire to take the fight to the PPD, has created some tension in the issue of crime response for the PPD. (certainly would for me)

At some point the concept of a closed border with Mexico is certain to come up as one of the few viable methods of controlling the influx of Mexican drug cartels and criminals all sorts to the United States. This particular crime speaks volumes to the recent ruling by the US Supreme Court regarding the ability of nearly all citizens to avail themselves of self defense weapons.
As a native of California, my thought is "How far away is the area I live in from the same sort of crime, and what might be the time frame?"

[spice756]

wow I never heard of so skilled / military drug dealers.Most of the drug dealers here are just gangs and fast cash.Not skilled like this and military war like operation.

But do to the drug war making so much money I don't think they will make drugs legal , way too much money being made in the war on drugs like in Mexico and US.