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US Prepares to Target and Combat Mexican Drug Cartels

Posted by Jim Kouri on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 6:58:06 AM

Yesterday the US Department of Justice outlined the increased efforts and reallocation of federal law enforcement personnel to combat Mexican drug cartels in the United States and to help Mexican law enforcement battle cartels in their own country.

Reports obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police reveal that a crisis condition exists at the US-Mexico border, with a death toll exceeding 6,000 people and that Mexican criminals possess massive firepower equal to -- or surpassing -- that of the Mexican military.
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Invasion USA: Congressman Calls for Hearing on Border Violence

Posted by Jim Kouri on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 4:55:47 PM

Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today called on House Democrats to hold a hearing on the surge in drug-related violence on the U.S.-Mexico border.  The violence is attributed to Mexican drug cartels, fighting turf battles and competing to control the U.S. drug trade markets. 

In a letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.), Smith cited reports from Wall Street Journal and USA Today that Mexican gangs are operating organized crime rings in at least 230 U.S. cities. 

Ranking Member Smith issued the following statement along with his letter:
 
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CIA Director: Mexican Nationals' Violence a Threat to US

Posted by Jim Kouri on Monday, January 26, 2009 7:55:09 PM
 (This column is based on a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police by the US Department of Homeland Security.)
 
During Monday's edition of Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck Show, the decidely conservative host asked his viewers to answer a question: outgoing CIA Director Michael Hayden had stated that Iran was the Number One threat to the security of the United States; what country did Hayden rank as Number Two? The answer was Mexico.
 
Meanwhile, retired U.S. Army General Barry McCaffrey, the former U.S. drug czar, told the Los Angeles Times that the Mexican government "is fighting for its survival against narco-terrorism" and could lose effective control over large swaths near the U.S. border.
 
However, the new Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano in a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police, stated on January 23 that, "The northern border of the United States has become, since 9/11, important to our national security. As we have designed programs to afford greater protection against unlawful entry, members of Congress and homeland security experts have called for increased attention to the Canadian border.
 
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