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 Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords 
#13074793 - 08/19/10 06:46 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords
MEXICO CITY–The kidnapping and murder of a Mexican mayor by suspected drug gunmen sent shock waves through the country, prompting business and political leaders in Monterrey, Mexico's wealthiest city, to demand more troops and police, and President Felipe Calderón to say Thursday he would redouble efforts to defeat the drug lords.
In Santiago, a tourist town less than 20 miles from Mexico's industrial powerhouse of Monterrey, hundreds of residents mourned Edelmiro Cavazos, whose body, bound, gagged, and showing signs of torture, was found Wednesday by the side of the road. The 38-year-old mayor had been kidnapped Sunday and taken away by 15 men wearing uniforms of a now-defunct Mexican police agency driving in a convoy of seven SUVs.
"Not only are we wounded by this, but we are indignant," said Mr. Calderón at a meeting with congressional leaders. "The death of Edelmiro is one more reason to fight drug trafficking by every means possible."
Showing anger at the government's inability to curb violence, some mourners shouted for Rodrigo Medina, governor of Nuevo Leon, the state where Monterrey is located, to resign when he appeared in the town square.
A Mexican official said Mr. Cavazos appears to have been murdered because he refused to cooperate with gangs of drug traffickers operating in the area. He said the Mexican government plans to send more troops and federal police to the area. Ten people, most, if not all of them local police officers have been detained and are under investigation for the murder. "It's a very delicate situation," the official said. "It seems this mayor refused to accept blackmail or bribes from the groups that are operating there."
Santiago, a weekend getaway for Monterrey's elite was named in 2006 to a national list of "Magic Towns" because of its colonial charms. But in recent times, Santiago has been caught in a crossfire of violence between drug cartels fighting for control of lucrativeroutes to the U.S. as well as growinglocal drug markets. A dozen Santiago police officers had been executed so far this year.
Mr. Cavazos's assassination is the latest sign that the drug cartels, as they ratchet up their internecine struggle for territorial control, are training their sights on Mexico's political establishment. In June, gunmen ambushed and killed the leading gubernatorial candidate in next-door Tamaulipas state. A month earlier, a mayoral candidate in a Tamaulipas town was also killed. Since Mr. Calderón sent out some 50,000 federal troops in 2006 to take the place of often-corrupt police in the fight against drug cartels, about 28,000 people, most members of rival cartels, have died in the violence.
In recent weeks, Mr. Calderón has been reaching out to other political parties to garner support for his security policies. Speaking to congressional leaders Thursday, Mr. Calderón said he would seek more financial resources for the anti-crime campaign. He said reform of the country's legal code was urgently needed to win the struggle against organized-crime groups that not only deal drugs but also have branched out into extortion, migrant trafficking, kidnapping and other crimes. Mr. Calderón also criticized the inability of state, local and federal forces to work together in combating organized crime.
"Delinquents now have more protection than victims or witnesses, policemen and prosecutors," he said.Mr. Calderón also made clear he would keep Mexico's soldiers patrolling the streets and highways until the drug lords have been defeated. But political support for Mr. Calderón's efforts might prove elusive. The congressional leaders of Mexico's main opposition party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, boycotted the meeting with Mr. Calderón because they said they had received the invitation to attend too late.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439950912110396.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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Re: Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords [Re: aj123]
#13074840 - 08/19/10 06:54 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hey I'm Felipe Calderón and I'm a fucking idiot.
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Re: Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords [Re: theshroom]
#13074929 - 08/19/10 07:09 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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more troops must be the answer.......since it has worked so great thus far  
I swear politicians are such cocksuckers. 
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Re: Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords [Re: kundalini1123]
#13075003 - 08/19/10 07:25 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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WOW. WHEN HAS SENDING MORE TROOPS EVER WORKED. SEND MORE, AND ALL WE GET IS MORE DEATH. Death... IS THAT REALLY WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT WANTS?
IS MORE DEATH REALLY WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT?
SURELY WE AREN'T SOOOOOOO ANXIOUS TO SEE THE OTHER SIDE THAT WE WOULD FORCE THE UNSCRUPULOUS VIOLENCE AND ENSUING FEAR ON PEOPLE TO... to...
In order to keep saying, "Well Alcohol is one of the worst of them but it's legal already and makes a few rich people a bunch of money, so keep handing over the money, BE AFRAID AND GET READY TO DIE if you don't listen to the OTHER GUYS"
Wait... Im so confused now. I had a point: Are we as a society so anxious to send people over the hill *death* because we won't give in ... Wait... Or I mean, Because we just, IT HAS TO WORK. IF WE SEND MORE TROOPS IT HAS TO WORK SOMETIME... RIGHT?
Well the politicians, are they even saying it will work? or are they just fueling the fire intentionally? MAYBE we should try something new. Obviously the one thing on everyone's lists to try EVENTUALLY, When we get fed up with enough of us heading over the hill to see whats on the other side is to go ahead and allow legal adult use of the whole variety of recreational drugs, not just alcohol and tobacco... Not only in the name of "Okay OKAY!!!! WELL TRY SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE ARMY" but in the name of Liberty and Freedom, Personal responsibility and Choice, for a change. We aut to grow up already. damn.
All they want to do, well, ALL THEY ARE GOING TO DO is operate where there is a market, and a HUGE market at that, for something other than this horrible alcohol *sip*
Edited by JohnP (08/19/10 07:25 PM)
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Re: Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords [Re: kundalini1123]
#13075019 - 08/19/10 07:28 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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damn I haven't smoked weed in over a month.
This makes me wanna go buy some mexi weed to support these drug dealers
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Re: Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords [Re: PreparationH]
#13075065 - 08/19/10 07:36 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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PreparationH said:
damn I haven't smoked weed in over a month.
This makes me wanna go buy some mexi weed to support these drug dealers
Or you could just be active and help with the legalization movement, retard.
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Re: Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords [Re: Ganjabonga]
#13075115 - 08/19/10 07:46 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Ganjabonga said:
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PreparationH said:
damn I haven't smoked weed in over a month.
This makes me wanna go buy some mexi weed to support these drug dealers
Or you could just be active and help with the legalization movement, retard.
you're the retard. You think I smoke the mexican shit you smoke?
it's called sarcasm, check your ratings for the real laugh.
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Re: Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords [Re: JohnP]
#13077479 - 08/20/10 10:04 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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skatardude10 said:
WOW. WHEN HAS SENDING MORE TROOPS EVER WORKED.
worked against the Japanese and the Nazis in WWII, it worked against Iraqi
insurgents a few years ago, unfortunately it wont work against mexican
drug cartels because the mexican goernment gets paid by the cartels and by
the US, we just gave Calderon $1.3 billion to 'fight drugs'
on a positive note, Fmr. Mexico President Vincente Fox say "Legalize"
http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/08/mexicos_former_president_legalize_drugs_now.php
of course Calderon says NO
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Re: Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords [Re: Ganjabonga]
#13077481 - 08/20/10 10:06 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Ganjabonga said:
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PreparationH said:
damn I haven't smoked weed in over a month.
This makes me wanna go buy some mexi weed to support these drug dealers
Or you could just be active and help with the legalization movement, retard.
you two knock it off with the dick measuring
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there are 923 words in the english language that do not follow the "I before E"
rule, there are 44 words in the english language that follow the rule. this is
the shit our education funding is paying for and these liberals want more money
for education to keep making students stupid
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Re: Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords [Re: Prisoner#1]
#13078512 - 08/20/10 02:59 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Prisoner#1 said:
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Ganjabonga said:
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PreparationH said:
damn I haven't smoked weed in over a month.
This makes me wanna go buy some mexi weed to support these drug dealers
Or you could just be active and help with the legalization movement, retard.
you two knock it off with the dick measuring
3 inches mother fucker.... erect.
I'm kind of a big deal around these parts.
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Re: Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords [Re: aj123]
#13078612 - 08/20/10 03:24 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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MEXICO CITY–The kidnapping and murder of a Mexican mayor by suspected drug gunmen sent shock waves through the country,
Yeah, the other 28,000 non-politicos being murdered were not shocking at all.
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Re: Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords [Re: Prisoner#1]
#13083008 - 08/21/10 03:49 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Prisoner#1 said:
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skatardude10 said:
WOW. WHEN HAS SENDING MORE TROOPS EVER WORKED.
worked against the Japanese and the Nazis in WWII, it worked against Iraqi insurgents a few years ago unfortunately it wont work against mexican drug cartels because the mexican goernment gets paid by the cartels
Yeah, you're right WW2 and Iraq have a lot of similarities. There is nothing like "winning."
Calderon can send more soldiers to murder a bunch of people and call it victory just like the US did in Iraq. Propaganda is everything to some people. You and Calderon would get along nicely in that aspect I think. Notice though how after Calderon declares victory he will seek to assure the war goes on forever.
I'm not saying he will be successful in his endeavor because reality is firm but he will seek to both declare victory and declare perpetual war against people using the wrong drugs.
Edited by dondoodle (08/21/10 03:58 PM)
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Re: Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords [Re: dondoodle]
#13084427 - 08/21/10 10:44 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yeah - I may not get it all but even I can see a blood bath brewing...
Bitch of it is, the more it escalates the more old ladies, little kids and women will be used (way it usually happens...) and none of these politicians really cares about how many regular people or mules get mowed down - and long as they sound like some big shit.
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Re: Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords [Re: curenado]
#13087959 - 08/22/10 10:06 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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all this media and the truth still doesn't get heard.
fucking fascist pill poppers mang..
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