Mexican forces being taken from Juarez to Michoacán (tags)
The troops will be used to confront the Mexican drug cartel La Familia in Michoacán where the Mexican president is from and has become the latest focus point of the Mexican Governments war on drugs.
U.S. is not dealing with Mexican violence against Americans (tags)
From Brownsville Texas to San Diego California Mexican cities bordering American cities are where most Americans are being killed by assassinations and executions. But other Americans are being killed by the long arm of the Mexican drug cartels which reach deep into America. There are accounts of Mexican drug cartel surrogate terrorist’s invading the U.S. by crossing the porous international border and killing Americans in Dallas Texas, Atlanta Geo, New York City, Phoenix Ariz, Las Vegas Nevada, and is believed to have reached Shelby County Alabama where five people were found murdered gangland style by Mexican nationals.
U.S. issues new travel alert to Mexico but no recommendation to avoid Mexico (tags)
The new travel alert up-date says “that while millions of U.S. Citizens safely visit Mexico each year, including thousands who cross the land border every day for study, tourism or business, increased levels of violence make it imperative that travelers understand the risks of travel to Mexico
World efforts of the war on drugs and terror are starting to reap results (tags)
According to Michael A. Braun, DEA Chief of Operations, says that the drug trafficking and middle eastern terrorist groups are a “Growing Nexus.” He indicates that there is a growing nexus between international drug trafficking organizations and international terrorism. Mr. Braun believes it is a new hybrid organization funded by international drug trafficking and dedicated to terrorism.
U.S. Afghanistan and Pakistan Alliance has stimulated the Drug Trade worldwide (tags)
According to news reports in the past financial connections between Bush Republicans and Osama bin Laden go way back and the political and economic connections have remained unbroken for 25 years. And what appears to be a "new" alliance with Pakistan is merely a new manifestation of a decades-long partnership in the drug trade.
Billionaire Nicholas' attorneys ask court to dismiss case (tags)
Nicholas has been charged separately with using and distributing illegal drugs. He has pleaded not guilty. That trial is scheduled to occur after completion of the criminal backdating case, which is scheduled to begin in April 2009. Nicholas has pleaded not guilty in all of the criminal cases
More El Paso gang members arrested for violent crimes (tags)
Many of the U.S street gangs are believed acting as enforcers for the Mexican drug cartels and their Mexican gang surrogates.Many government and other investigators believe there is gang members in the army and some who are active in El Paso are stationed at Ft. Bliss and are involved extensively in narcotics-trafficking activity, murders on both sides of the U.S. Mexican border, and are operating with other gang members in El Paso and drug cartels and their gangs in Juarez Mexico.
Mexico's National Security Cabinet expected to declare a state of emergency (tags)
Calderon is reported to be rushing more Mexican Army troops to the border cities of Juarez, Tijuana, Mexicali, Palomas and others.