Tuesday, May 18, 2010

A Mexican Drug Cartel - FARC Alliance?

Mexican Drug Dealers Strengthen Ties To Colombia Terrorist -- Washington Examiner

Mexican drug cartels are strengthening alliances with a Colombian terrorist group that has engaged in a decades-long war to topple the U.S.-supported government in Bogota, intelligence officials said.

The cartels are aggressively negotiating with the Marxist guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as FARC for the purchase of "multiton quantities of cocaine directly from South America," said Michael Braun, former administrator and chief of operations at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

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My Comment: It is all about the drugs. Take the drugs out of the equation .... this will not even be an issue. Unfortunately .... our society's obsession for drugs will not decline, and government's options to combat this scourge are few and far between.

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