Bloodshed on the Border: Drug War in Juarez | Newsweek International

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Posted By: TheVigil @ 12/01/2008 3:22:06 PM

Y'all want to stop the drug trade...stop buying the drugs. Mexican drug cartels don't come to the U.S. to sell drugs to other Mexicans, by and large.

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Posted By: roroes @ 12/01/2008 2:44:07 PM

Just a couple of comments on this realistic and tough article:

1. You never mention where do the weapons and bullets come from. They come from north of the border.

2. All this fight is because people are satisfying somebody else's need for drug. If there was no need for drug north of the border, there would be no cartels fighting for this very lucrative market.

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Posted By: bmd12345 @ 12/01/2008 1:53:16 PM

Multiculturalism at hand. The next time a Mexican shows his flag to you, present this article to him to make him feel proud. Also, for all those proud Mexican in California cheering for the Mexican soccer team, remember this is coming to your neighbourhood. Thank the gringos for keeoing your lives safe.
If you disagree with what I am saying, go to parts of LS (as I have done), it is a sesspool

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Posted By: mfenwick @ 11/30/2008 11:32:56 AM

If the U.S. would invade and take over Mexico instead of Iraq we wouldn't have this problem.

Posted By: Buzzm1 @ 11/29/2008 11:25:37 PM
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STOP THE INVASION!!!

BUILD THE FENCE!!!

MANDATE E-VERIFY!!!

Southwest Border Patrol Sector Apprehensions (Source DHS/CBP)
Fiscal Year-------------2005---------2006---------2007-------2008 (ends 9/30)
San Diego------------126,879-----142,104---- 152,460--- 162,390
El Centro--------------55,725-------61,465----- 55,883----- 40,961
Yuma-----------------138,492-----118,549----- 37,992------ 8,363*
Tucson --------------439,053-----392,074---- 378,239--- 317,696
El Paso---------------122,624-----122,256----- 75,464----- 30,312
Marfa ------------------10,532--------7,520------- 5,536------ 5,391
Del Rio -----------------68,547------42,636----- 22,920----- 20,761
Laredo -----------------75,268------74,840----- 56,714------43,658
Rio Grande Valley --134,136----110,528------ 73,430----- 75,473
Apprehensions----1,171,386--1,071,972-----858,638----705,005

*The Yuma Sector presently has a total of 94 miles of fencing. The difference is apparent.

The Yuma Border Patrol Sector is under control:
-------Yuma Border Patrol Sector Apprehensions--------
-----------OCT
FY2009---338
FY2008--1094
FY2007--3478
FY2006--9428
FY2005--8872

The El Paso Border Patrol Sector will soon be under control
-------El Paso Border Patrol Sector Apprehensions--------
-----------OCT
FY2009--1468--
*The El Paso Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol is currently in the process of constructing 80 miles of vehicle fencing in New Mexico and approximately 56 miles of pedestrian fencing in New Mexico and Texas, officials said.
FY2008--3605
FY2007--6183
FY2006-11027

UNITED STATES BORDER DRUG INTERCEPTS (Source DHS/CBP)
YEAR---MARIJUANA (lbs)----COCAINE(lbs)----HEROIN(oz)----METH(lbs)
1999-------1,170,941------------29,672-------------771-------------xxx
2000-------1,316,849------------23,203-----------1,209-------------18
2001-------1,166,764------------18,535-----------1,491------------144
2002-------1,234,329------------14,334-----------2,516------------229
2003-------1,350,809------------14,892-----------3,852------------356
2004-------1,347,356------------14,819-----------2,316------------977
2005-------1,208,663------------11,903-----------3,206------------728
2006-------1,369,602------------12,885-----------2,758------------594
2007-------1,859,299------------14,242-----------1,866------------342
2008-------1,642,420-------------9,272--------------735------------xxx
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  Posted By: TheVigil @ 11/30/2008 8:38:44 AM
  
  Oh noes! A horde of immigrants is set to replace the sh1tstom of silent-majority, gun-toting, right-wing assh0les in a variety of states that voted for Bush and the Iraq War and intolerance of anyone who isn't a Christian fundamentalist? A bunch of white people who are scared of and hateful towards foreigners might have to learn to deal with some of them for once? Our lazy half-assed workforce is being partially replaced by people who work harder for less money trying to feed their starving families? What a horror.
  
  You mean that if I oppose your nativism, Arizona might actually get enough brown people to vote Democratic next election? I'll start pulling up fenceposts right away.
  
  Poetic justice, says I...

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Posted By: Buzzm1 @ 11/29/2008 11:39:56 PM

7 men may face kidnapping charges

Seven men could face kidnapping charges after a police raid at a west Phoenix home freed a 16-year-old boy whose uncle is suspected of being extorted for nearly $100,000 in drug money, investigators said Wednesday. Robbery detectives said bandits kidnapped the teen knowing that his uncle, who helped alert police, was involved in illegal drug deals that generated large amounts of cash.

Hundreds of kidnapping incidents tied to drug- and human-smuggling are investigated annually in the Valley. In many cases, families involved in crime hesitate to report missing loved ones and ransom demands to police for fear of retribution or arrest, police say. "(The kidnappers) know (the families are) going to fear coming to us to report the crime," said Phoenix police Sgt. Alex Ortiz, who oversaw the investigation that led to Tuesday's raid. "It's easier for a lot of these people just to pay the money rather than getting a hold of us, so they can go back to doing their illegal activity," Ortiz said.

Ortiz estimated that more than 300 kidnappings are investigated annually in Phoenix, though they range from human-smuggling operations to drug-related cases like one earlier this month where drug-dealers held an Avondale mother and her 3-year-old daughter for ransom for nearly a week, seeking a similarly large amount of cash from the family.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2008/11/27/20081127kidnapfolo1127.html