Soldiers guarding the Tijuana city morgue, where the bodies of drug gang members were being kept, are a sign of a city that has seen many of its businesses flee because of violence. Photos, Reuters Archive (Photo taken from The Calgary Herald)From Westhawk:
The U.S. Department of Defense defines irregular warfare as “a violent struggle among state and non-state actors. Irregular warfare favors indirect and asymmetric approaches, though it may employ the full range of military and other capabilities, in order to erode an adversary’s power, influence, and will.” The leaders of Mexico’s drug cartels are probably not reading the Pentagon’s doctrinal publications. But if their intimidation of a local television station in Monterrey is any indication, these drug warlords must now believe that they are in some sort of a struggle against the Mexican government “for legitimacy and influence over the relevant populations.”
This story from yesterday’s Washington Post explains:
The Televisa network news offices in the northern city of Monterrey were attacked Tuesday night in a commando-style raid by hooded gunmen who fired on the front doors of the building and then lobbed a hand grenade into the parking lot near a reporter and her cameraman. No one was hurt in the attack, which occurred at 8:40 p.m. in the prosperous manufacturing metropolis, which many executives consider one of the safer cities in Mexico.
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My Comment: Mexico's drug wars will continue for a long time. There is too much money involved, and in a poor country like Mexico the temptations are too great.
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