Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Mexico's Cartel War Is Now In America

Mexican Police: Photo from LA Times

Wave of Drug Violence Is Creeping Into Arizona From Mexico, Officials Say -- The New York Times

PHOENIX — The raging drug war among cartels in Mexico and their push to expand operations in the United States has led to a wave of kidnappings, shootings and home invasions in Arizona, state and federal officials said at a legislative hearing on Monday.

The drug trade has long brought violence to the state, which serves as a hub as illicit drugs and illegal immigrants are smuggled to the rest of the nation.

Over all, in this city and surrounding Maricopa County, homicides and violent crime decreased last year. But the authorities are sounding an alarm over what they consider changing tactics in border-related crime that bear the marks of the violence in Mexico.

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My Comment: I hear administration officials from Hommeland Security to the White House talk about how they are prepared to encounter the drug wars when they start to enter the United States.

As far as I am concerned .... the drug wars are here already, and have been here for a long time.

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