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American guns fueling Mexican cartel violence

Speaking of the Mexican justice system, our neighbors to the South would have a lot easier time getting crime and drug running under control if the United States didn't allow massive trafficking of guns southward, often in the same vehicles used to bring drugs north. That's the subject of an excellent investigative story by James Verini in the July issue of CondeNast Portfolio, who relays this tidbit in passing about the identity of Los Zetas' commander in Nuevo Laredo that I'd not read elsewhere:Everyone knows who the Zetas are. They dress in designer jeans and boots and drive around in new Jeep Cherokees and pickups, the butts of their guns visible through the windows. Everyone knows Nuevo Laredo?s Zeta gatekeeper by reputation, but few know him by sight...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 19, 2008 (boomark / email).