The war next door

[litch]

So anyone paying attention to the war for nuevo laredo?

There are two gangs fighting for control of drug trafficing route into the US through Texas, one based in Juarez/Sinaloa and the other on the Gulf coast/matmoros. The front line for their struggle is nuevo laredo, and like any good mexican drug gang they are thoroughly enmeshed in the local police. To the point that there have been shootouts between police loyal to one faction and those loyal to another.

Last week the new chief of police was shot within hours after being sworn in, then this weekend the Federales sent a convoy in to investigate and the local police ambushed them and shot one of the investigators

So then they sent in the army and LOTS of federales and flew most of the local polic to mexico city for questioning.

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[contentlove.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've been following it. The shooting of the police chief really got my attention - it was just that day that I'd heard some uninformed person opining that "you never heard of something like the Guadalajara Strangler because Mexican culture doens't produce serial killers" which I expect you know is pure bullshit (not to say I think that the chief of police was shot by a serial killer per se).

[litch.livejournal.com]

*snort*

What about all the missing and dead women in juarez?
http://www.amnestyusa.org/women/juarez/

[contentlove.livejournal.com]

Exacatacaly what I was thinking in the second I heard it...