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Mexico Prez Hopes to Quell Drug Violence by 2012
Yahoo ^
| 1/26/09
Posted on 02/26/2009 8:02:41 PM PST by nickcarraway
President Felipe Calderon hopes to quell Mexico's rampant drug violence by the end of his term in 2012, and disputes U.S. fears that Mexico is losing control of its territory.
In interviews with The Associated Press on Thursday, Calderon and his top prosecutor said the violence that killed 6,290 people last year — and more than 1,000 in the first eight weeks of 2009 — is a sign that the cartels are under pressure from military and police operations nationwide, as well as turf wars among themselves.
"To say that Mexico is a failed state is absolutely false," Calderon said. "I have not lost any part — any single part — of Mexican territory."
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Mexico
KEYWORDS: cartels; drugs; drugwarconsequences; mexico; thankprohibition; thankprohibtion
To: nickcarraway
2012 is pretty popular these daze.
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posted on
02/26/2009 8:03:31 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Just being a "U.S. citizen" does not make one an American.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
In which case, a higher power will be clearing out the trash...
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posted on
02/26/2009 8:04:45 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: nickcarraway
Leadership by Press Releases .... everyone’s doing it, doing it....sheesh.
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posted on
02/26/2009 8:04:48 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(Conservative and fighting for freedom and liberty....whether you like it or not.)
To: goodnesswins
Will anyone be left alive in Mexico by 2012?
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posted on
02/26/2009 8:12:14 PM PST
by
Batman11
("Big ears isn't my President!")
To: nickcarraway
The North American Union crowd must have put a deadline on Calderon....fix the drug problem before we merge
The NAU crowd and the NAFTA crowd must really be sweating now...with the Mexi-Narcos pretty much taking over the country.
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posted on
02/26/2009 8:18:58 PM PST
by
UCFRoadWarrior
(The Biggest Threat To American Soverignty Is Rampant Economic Anti-Americanism)
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: nickcarraway
In interviews with The Associated Press on Thursday, Calderon and his top prosecutor said the violence that killed 6,290 people last year — and more than 1,000 in the first eight weeks of 2009 — is a sign that the cartels are under pressure from military and police operations nationwide, as well as turf wars among themselves.
"To say that Mexico is a failed state is absolutely false," Calderon said.
"I have not lost any part — any single part — of Mexican territory."
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posted on
02/26/2009 8:24:21 PM PST
by
Tainan
(Where's my FOF Indicator?)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/26/2009 8:25:08 PM PST
by
mysterio
To: nickcarraway
And Obama is going to have the budget balanced by 2012 as he’s promised as well......
To: nickcarraway
LOl - so he’s just going to wait for the end of the Mayan calendar when Mexico is carried to the heavens on the back of a giant flying dragon, eh?
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posted on
02/26/2009 8:44:56 PM PST
by
blueplum
To: nickcarraway; La Lydia; jafojeffsurf; B.O. Plenty; AuntB; BGHater; skeptoid; ...
Ping!
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
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posted on
02/27/2009 7:34:53 AM PST
by
SwinneySwitch
(Mexico - beyond your expectations.)
To: nickcarraway; 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; ...
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posted on
02/27/2009 5:11:04 PM PST
by
HiJinx
(~ Support Our Troops ~ www.AmericaSupportsYou.mil ~)
To: nickcarraway
Hopenchange. It’s not just for Amerika anymore.
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posted on
02/27/2009 5:16:18 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Come and Take it!)
To: HiJinx
“Mexico Prez Hopes to Quell Drug Violence by 2012”
Why? Because they’ll all be here by then??
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posted on
02/27/2009 5:16:36 PM PST
by
AuntB
(The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
To: HiJinx
Calderon is too comfortable in Ciudad de Mexico.....this has been the Mexican government's problem since 1821.
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posted on
02/27/2009 5:25:08 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
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