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Goin' Down to Mexico: The front lines of a "hot" drug war

By Gritsforbreakfast

I was on my way down to Mexico,there was trouble on the rise.It was nothing more than I'd left behind,which was much to my surprise.- ZZ Top, "Goin' Down to Mexico"I suggested earlier that last week was perhaps the most eventful in memory since I've been paying closer attention drug enforcement issues on the border the last couple of years. Here are a few more details bubbling up from the front-lines of the increasingly "hot" war in Mexico targeting multinational drug smugglers:Wave of Mexican executions, violenceMore than 160 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico so far this month. At least 15 drug-related executions took place in Mexico last week in one 24-hour span.US Attorney General promises gun crackdownUS Attorney General Michael Mukasey met Mexico City security officials and reiterated the Bush administration's promise to crack down on smuggling firearms...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 22, 2008 (boomark / email).