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| Violent beheadings kidnappings for ransom forcing Mexican's to flee to the U.S. |
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| Sunday, 06 July 2008 | |
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Since President Felipe Calderon launched an all-out offensive against drug cartels after taking office in December 2006. As many as 5,000 people have been killed in drug violence in Mexico, among them hundreds of police hierarchy and street cops, Mexican and U.S. citizens. The FBI's Special Agent in Charge in El Paso David Cuthbertson said when the Juarez cartel war started, it was largely confined to those directly involved in the drug trade, but it now is spreading into new areas of crime, such as kidnapping and Mafia-style extortion, in which innocent citizens are the victims. Michael Webster, Laguna Journal - Full Story |
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