Diesel Civil Trust
In a new incident of grisly drug war violence, a man’s face was skinned and stitched onto a soccer ball as a threat to members of Mexico’s Juarez drug cartel.
Seriously, does depravity know no boundaries? I don’t consider myself a naive person, but even I am shocked by this level of violence. It makes me question humanity’s chances for basic survival. Emphasis mine.
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico—A few weeks ago, Army Captain Ramón Velásquez got his introduction to Ciudad Juárez, ground zero in Mexico’s war against violent drug cartels.
A new regiment of soldiers arrives in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico. Mexican President Felipe Calderon mobilized 45,000 soldiers in his efforts to quell the violence created by drug traffickers.
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s war on drugs took a grim twist this week, as a prominent mayor said he had created an undercover group of operatives to “clean up” criminal elements — even if it had to act outside the law. Underscoring why the mayor may have felt compelled to take such steps, the new police chief in a neighboring town, a retired brigadier general, was shot and killed Wednesday, four days after taking up his post.
Poppy cultivation fell by more than 20 per cent in Afghanistan in the past year, UN investigators will announce on Wednesday, handing a rare spot of good news to western governments seeking to justify rising troop casualties to voters.
WASHINGTON — It was a heated debate during the Bush administration: What to do about evidence that Afghanistan’s powerful defense minister was involved in drug trafficking? Officials from the time say they needed him to help run the troubled country. So the answer, in the end: look the other way.
9,903 deaths in Mexico since January 2007 can be directly tied to the drug war being fought on both sides of the border.
A massive methamphetamine ring that used women as drug mules and classic “Batman” and “Superman” comic books to hide drug profits has been dismantled after a year-long undercover operation, state officials said today.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano made some bold statements today about progress in the battle against Mexico’s violent drug cartels, just as critics in Mexico are calling for a change in course.
Once the hobby of bikers with bath tubs, meth production has gone international and industrial.
GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemalan drug boss Juan Jose “Juancho” Leon was summoned by Mexican traffickers for what he was told was business. Instead, dozens of attackers ambushed his entourage with grenades and assault rifles, killing Leon and 10 others in a brazen demonstration of power.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State, Justice and Treasury Departments launched a coordinated drive on Monday against Mexico’s Gulf/Los Zetas drug cartel, including new indictments and an asset freeze.
The wave of violence in Mexico is becoming even more gruesome. Twelve bodies of federal police officers were found on the side of a remote highway in Michoacan, Mexico, with signs of torture. The ambushed officers were apparently killed execution style, with single shots to the head. The killings are the latest in violence spurred by President Felipe Calderon declaration of war on the drug cartels in 2006, which has since led to the deaths of almost 10,000 people. In the past month, 13 other bodies have been found along the same stretch of highway, and 16 police officers were wounded over the weekend in Michoacan, with at least 32 people killed in the past few days.
Over the past month, the United States Southern Command, in collaboration with the Salvadoran military and civil aviation officials, has been evaluating the suitability of using unmanned aircraft, or drones, for counternarcotics operations throughout Latin America. As drug traffickers increasingly use semi-submersible submarines to transport cocaine from ports like Colombia to the United States, it has become increasingly difficult for manned aircraft to remain in the air long enough (due to fuel and pilot safety issues) to confirm the identity and location of the semi-submersibles and other drug-running boats. The use of drones, such as the Heron, appears to be how SOUTHCOM proposes to respond to this problem.
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