Thread: 72 bodies found at Mexico ranch

Massacre of migrants in Mexico an 'outrage'

Calderón aide condemns smugglers' murder of 72 illegal aliens from Central and South America

and the U.S. government says nothing.

When will congress say something?

When will the White House say something?

Mexico's "migrant problem"


I extracted this tidbit from another similar article...

(keep in mind, this is in Mexico)
During a six-month period from September 2008 to February 2009, gangs kidnapped at least 9,758 migrants and held them for ransom, a report by Mexico's National Human Rights Commission said.

At least 91 of those victims were kidnapped with the help of Mexican police, the commission said. It accused federal authorities of not doing enough to protect immigrants on Mexican soil.



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Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Massacre of migrants in Mexico an 'outrage'

Calderón aide condemns smugglers' murder of 72 illegal aliens from Central and South America

and the U.S. government says nothing.

When will congress say something?

When will the White House say something?

When will LULAC say something?
When will LaRaza say something?

Mexican Massacres, Immigration Control, and the Obama Administration
Posted August 26th, 2010 at 5:00pm

The cold blooded murder of 72 illegal migrants by members of Mexico’s notorious Zeta cartel in the state of Tamaulipas is another stark and gruesome reminder of the current criminal and drug-related turmoil in Mexico. According to press reports the victims came from Honduras, El Salvador, Brazil and Ecuador. The lone survivor stated the migrants were killed for failing to pay off their Mexican captors. This massacre runs against the conventional narrative that the escalating violence in Mexico primarily pits drug trafficker-against-drug trafficker. It shows the significant overlap between transnational criminal organizations and human smuggling.

Why then were these migrants and tens of thousands like them still willing to risk the perilous journey? Why is there still such a high expectation that migrants will successfully cross the U.S.-Mexican border and find shelter in the U.S?
Amnesty International rushed to blame the Mexican government for failing to “protectâ€