Thousands of Mexican soldiers pour into the country's most violent city in crackdown on drug gangs

Mail Online ^ | March 3, 2008 | Mail Foreign Service

[WMarshal]

Armed to the hilt, they came from land and air, determined to restore order to Mexico's most violent city. Nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers and armed federal police poured into the border town of Ciudad Juarez last weekend.

[AuntB]

"Smoke and mirrors until more U.S. funding arrives."

You got that right. I've been saying for days, that Obama will borrow money and increase foreign aid with it. Here's the headline today:

http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/obama_foreign_aid/2009/03/02/187543.html?s=al&promo_code=7B56-1

President Obamas 2010 budget seeks to double U.S. aid payments to other countries despite a $1.75 trillion deficit and the worst recession in over a quarter of a century.

Israel ($2.4 billion in 2008) and Egypt ($1.7 billion), the two signatories to the Camp David Accords, receive by far the most U.S. foreign aid. Other major recipients include Pakistan, Jordan, Kenya, South Africa, and Mexico.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Its hard to see how we could give them much more. The pix in yesterday’s WSJ showed Mexican Army enlistees dressed in the same uniforms and helmets as the US Army, and carrying M-16s.

[MD_Willington_1976]

In my garage.. seriously...

You can buy a parts kit, well you used to be able too, and make you’re own semi-auto AKM..

But lets be honest, these scumbag drug dealers are world class criminals, they do not need our help with guns when they have the likes of Chavez, etc and the other scumbags in South America helping them out.

Last I heard they busted some of the Mexicans with H&K G36C and RPGs...

Whens the last time you ever saw a H&K G36C and a fully functioning RPG for sale at a US gun show?

[ScottinVA]

“Problem is US demand for drugs and unlimited cash supply it creates for drug cartels”

If not drugs, it’d be human trafficking, weapons or anything else that could be seen as having a “street value.”

[Tarpon]

So who will sell the Mexican drug cartels the AKs the cheapest? Hugo Chavez or Pedro’s gun shop in El Paso Tx. And how will Pedro get 100 full auto AKs when the world market price is about $75 for full auto AKs.

The whole premise of this story is stupid, designed to bait the gullible for more USA gun control ...

[TKDietz]

“If not drugs, it’d be human trafficking, weapons or anything else that could be seen as having a ‘street value.’”

All that is already going on. The big money is in the drugs though. Without all those billions these would be more like little street gangs.

[Vaduz]

Congressman xxxxxxx hopes for no delay in shipments.

[texmexis best]

“So who will sell the Mexican drug cartels the AKs the cheapest? Hugo Chavez or Pedro’s gun shop in El Paso Tx. And how will Pedro get 100 full auto AKs when the world market price is about $75 for full auto AKs.”

Hugo is probably the source for AKs. Other big stuff too.

He has received 100,000 aks in the last few years from Russia and I suspect they were for insurgents such as the drug cartels in Mexico and other South American countries.

[Tarpon]

Yep, it's obvious what is going on ... Hugo Chavez ships the AKs to Mexican drug cartels, they shoot up our border. Hugo stirs up trouble with is enemy, meanwhile, Obama meets with Hugo Chavez to improve relations. Naivety.

The USA gun control freaks ever looking for another con, try to blame the violence on Americans running guns south/ Not going to work as long as there are people who know. And don't forget the UN small arms regulation crap.

Now about those grenades. I wonder if Pedro's guns in el paso sells them as well — LOL.

[Scythian]

From the Big Story currently on Fox News:



Two of Mexico's deadliest drug cartels have reached a combined force of 100,000 foot soldiers, wreaking havoc across the country and threatening U.S. border states, The Washington Times quotes the U.S. Defense Department.

The cartels rival the Mexican army in size and have both Mexico and the U.S. in crisis mode to deal with what they fear is a coming insurgency along the border.

"It's moving to crisis proportions," an unidentified defense official told The Times. The official also said the cartels have reached a size where they are on par with Mexico's army of 130,000.

[SmallGovRepub]

“The USA gun control freaks ever looking for another con, try to blame the violence on Americans running guns south/ Not going to work as long as there are people who know. And don't forget the UN small arms regulation crap.”

The drug war has always been useful for taking away rights and protections guaranteed in the Constitution. If it will help us fight the scourge of drugs, it's worth it. Now we have another threat, these Mexican drug cartels, and if it will make it easier to fight these guys then banning assault rifles and other guns is worth it for the greater good. Never mind that we have created the conditions necessary for these thugs to make so much money and become such a threat, and never mind the fact that they are buying they're military hardware from somewhere else and they have plenty of money to buy more guns somewhere else if the supply dries up some here, if people are serious about fighting the war on drugs then by gosh we need to start banning guns.