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Mexico's all-out war with drug cartel threatens country's economic power center
fox news latino ^ | 06/05/2015 | By Andrew O'Reilly

Posted on 05/06/2015 2:27:37 PM PDT by bob_denard

Edited on 05/06/2015 2:28:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The cartel violence that has gripped Mexico in recent weeks is alarming to many in the country who are accustomed to shootouts in more remote outposts like Guerrero or the states that border the United States. But the Western state where federal forces have been waging an all-out war against the Jalisco New Generation Cartel is home to the country's second-largest city, Guadalajara, and home to key industrial and economic sectors.


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1 posted on 05/06/2015 2:27:37 PM PDT by bob_denard
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To: bob_denard

Can’t have the Jaliso cartel taking market shares from Hussein’s buddies the Sinolas.


2 posted on 05/06/2015 2:29:31 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: bob_denard

Didn’t the cartels assassinate a cardinal in Guadalahara about 20 years ago?


3 posted on 05/06/2015 2:31:54 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: bob_denard

They have an economic power center??


4 posted on 05/06/2015 2:47:36 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: bob_denard

Well, if Mexico has declared all-out war on the cartels I applaud Mexico. But, somehow I have my doubts about Mexico’s steadfastness in this regard, given that much of Mexico’s political and military leadership are in cahoots with the cartels.


5 posted on 05/06/2015 5:28:15 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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