Mexico's Drug War In The U.S.

Mexican trucks make their way into the United States at the Bridge of the Americas port of entry's inspection area in June 2004, in El Paso, Texas. The Bush administration urged a federal appeals court Thursday to let Mexican cargo trucks cross the border and travel freely anywhere in the country, arguing that to do otherwise could strain diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Mexico. By Rudy Gutierrez, El Paso Times via AP

Drug Violence Threatens U.S. Truckers -- Washington Times

Mexico border a danger zone.

American truck drivers operating near the U.S.-Mexico border are being warned of increasing violence among warring drug cartels and are being told to stay alert against attacks or hijackings.

"Violence amongst Mexican drug cartels in the border states, on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border, has exponentially increased in the past year," according to the alert from First Observer, a trucking security program funded by a Department of Homeland Security grant.

"Truck drivers carry a risk, as they are involved in operations that might interest these criminals," the alert said.

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My Comment: A sign of the times .... the problems of the world are now in our backyard.

The Continuing Drug Wars In Mexico

A Mexican army guard stands in front of $26.2 million seized from a house in northwestern Sinaloa state, it was the second largest cash haul in the country's history. STR, AFP/Getty Images

Culiacan, Mexico, Feels The Pain Of A Drug-Induced
Recession -- L.A. Times

The Mexican government's crackdown on drug traffickers has sent the big players underground, along with all their free-flowing dollars.

Reported from Culiacan, Mexico -- A ruby-red Hummer glistened idly on the quiet showroom floor, its only visitor a janitor polishing its doors and bumpers. The dealership had no customers.

Sales are down here and at scores of businesses across this western Mexico city. But this recession has nothing to do with stock-index dives on Wall Street, the weak peso or collapsing banks. This is a narco-recession.

When army troops rolled into Culiacan this year as part of a massive government campaign to fight drug traffickers, the big players went underground. From the looks of things, they took their free-flowing dollars with them.

"No one wants to be ostentatious right now," said Raul Gustavo Piña Ibarra, manager of the Hummer and Cadillac dealership.

That's bad news for a city that is the birthplace of Mexico's multibillion-dollar illegal drug trade and the embodiment of its every excess.

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My Comment: I am not going to shed any tears for drug dealers and their enablers.

3,000 Troops Deployed In Mexican Drug Wars

From The Guardian:

A violent drug war in the Mexican city of Tijuana has prompted the deployment of more than 3,000 soldiers and federal police to regain control of the streets.

President Felipe Calderón stepped up the battle against the country's narcotics traffickers after 17 gunmen were killed in a street battle between cartels.

The move to bolster the region's law enforcement teams comes after several thousand troops and police already sent into the region to beef up security failed to stop the feuding.

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My Comment: The war on our border that we never really hear about.