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12-11-2006, 09:03 PM #1
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Mexico orders army offensive against drug gangs
Mexico orders army offensive against drug gangs
By Gunther Hamm
1 hour, 7 minutes ago
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's new government, struggling with rampant drug trafficking and crime, ordered thousands of troops to the western state of Michoacan on Monday to fight drug cartels locked in a vicious turf war.
President Felipe Calderon's security cabinet said more than 5,000 soldiers and Marines were being deployed to crack down on drug gangs in the state, a key air and sea transshipment point for U.S.-bound cocaine.
"We will establish control points on highways and secondary roads to limit drug trafficking, along with raids and arrests," Interior Minister Francisco Ramirez Acuna said.
The soldiers, accompanied by federal police, also would search for and destroy drug plantations in the state, famous for poppy and marijuana production, Ramirez Acuna said.
Almost 3,000 people, mostly drug gang members and police, have been killed in the past two years in escalating cartel wars across Mexico.
The conservative Calderon took office on December 1 and has vowed to stand up to the gangs, who are frequently better armed than local police and have de facto control of some coastal areas and parts of the U.S.-Mexican border.
Hundreds of people have been killed in the once-tranquil state. Brutal drug gangs fighting for control of lucrative production and trafficking routes leave behind severed heads and mutilated corpses, reminding rival gangs and authorities who is in charge.
This weekend, troops captured several gang members in three separate raids in Michoacan. One involved a shootout.
Federal forces in Michoacan, Calderon's home state, also scored a record drug bust last week, intercepting 20 tons of ephedrine, a tightly controlled chemical used for making methamphetamine.
Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cocaine, amphetamines and heroin pass through Mexico en route to the United States.
Calderon's predecessor, Vicente Fox, launched what he called the "mother of all battles" against cartels in early 2005, but failed to rein in the gangs' power.
Violence actually increased after he sent hundreds of troops and federal police to cities along the northern border.
Although the drug war is the most urgent and dangerous issue for Calderon, he must also handle protests from leftists who claim he stole the July election, and violence in the tourist city of Oaxaca, where activists trying to oust a state governor have repeatedly clashed with police.
Election observers found few anomalies with the vote, which Calderon won by a razor-thin margin, but the new president is starting his six-year term questioned by millions of voters who back his defeated leftist rival Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
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12-11-2006, 10:29 PM #2
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The Mexican General must need $$$ for a new Hummer
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12-11-2006, 10:43 PM #3
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OH, Goody!! The mex police are definitely going to solve this problem
Not going to wait on this one to come to fruition too soon.
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12-12-2006, 12:00 AM #4
I haven't heard or seen the DEA celebrating yet. This is hard to believe as the government and police were on the drug lords payroll for so long. Only time will tell.
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12-12-2006, 11:02 AM #5
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smoke screen
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12-12-2006, 11:56 AM #6
While I wish the Mexican authorities success with this effort, I fear it will fail and only be another assurance designed to try and convince the American public that Mexico is not the lawless, anarchy zone, gang rule nation that it really is.
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12-12-2006, 11:59 AM #7
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12-12-2006, 05:30 PM #8
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12-12-2006, 05:38 PM #9
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Originally Posted by 2ndamendsis
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12-12-2006, 08:24 PM #10
I thought the drug cartels owned most of the Mexican government.
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