Drugs War: Murders Soar In Mexico

SKY NEWS
Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Gang-related murders have more than doubled in Mexico so far this year as powerful drug cartels battle for territory.

Organised crime killings rose by 117% to 5,376 in the first 11 months of 2008, compared to 2,477 in the same period last year.

The figures, announced by Mexico’s attorney general, were the first to provide a total number for drugs murders.

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The spike in “homicides related to organised crime” were tied to a falling out between members of the Sinaloa cartel, the most powerful in Mexico, according to Medina Mora.

And the attorney general predicted that the violence could get worse before things improve in 2009.

A wave of killings, massacres and beheadings started at the beginning of 2008, when the Beltran-Leyva gang split from the main wing of the cartel led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

The announcement of the jump in deaths comes days after the US released $197m, the first instalment of a $400m aid package to support Mexican police and soldiers in their fight against drug cartels.

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5 Responses to “Drugs War: Murders Soar In Mexico”

1. rich Says:
   December 9th, 2008 at 11:44 am

   got to be a nutcase to visit mexico thesedays !!!!!!!

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2. Forced Freedom Says:
   December 9th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

   I have several people that I work with that are Mexicans and according to some of what they say is that the Mexican President is part of one of the drug cartels on the west coast of Mexico and there is a major power struggle for control of the massive amount of drugs that are flowing into the US each year.

   For those that don’t know, Bush, Clinton and other US officials have been bringing these drugs into the US on MILITARY vessels for more than thirty years. The reason? Military craft do NOT get searched!

   There is much to be learned about this illegal drug trade all over the net and you can see with your own eyes how this is done. If it weren’t for this illegal drug trade operated through our Government, these killings in Mexico would not likely be happening.

3. withheldtoprtecttheinnocent Says:
   December 9th, 2008 at 8:03 pm

   calderon , the current warlord of mexico , wants a 5 billion dollar bribe from the cartels to keep operating unrestrained in the border regions of mexico. there was a not surprising ” balking ” at the figure and the ” cartel wars ” have begun.

   its childish think that this is a ” turf ” war between drug cartels . unless the turf is between the mexican govts various agencies.

   everything you think you know is a lie.

   and in mexico

   it worse.

4. imanig Says:
   December 10th, 2008 at 8:03 am

   comming to america-same shit-different players

5. thatblessedhope Says:
   December 10th, 2008 at 10:22 am

   Have you seen the movie Zeitgeist? If not, you HAVE to see it. I understand all the frustration, the anger, feelings so strong they cannot be described. This is all so EVIL, it doesn’t get any more evil than this. This is the ULTIMATE EVIL, the ULTIMATE LIE.

   BUT, all of you as living human beings have VALUE. Your soul is of inestimable value. To them we are NOTHING, serfs, if even that. But there is a way out, only ONE way out. I urge all of you to read the GREAT CONTROVERSY. It documents the history of the world from beginning to end. You will see how everything comes together, like a puzzle.

   What…am I beginning to sound like some religious fanatic? No, I’m no fanatic. And I don’t buy into the “religion” which has been put into place for us. But I do believe in God, and that He is our Creator, and that one day soon we will all answer to HIM….and so will they. And I do worship God, the Creator, not the false God that has been given us to worship.

   Watch the movie, read the book, you’ll see.