Yann Kerevel writes at Allterdestiny; f anyone has been following headline’s in the U.S. press about Mexico in the last month or two, you might have noticed a lot of alarmist and sensationalist garbage being thrown around suggesting that Mexico is coming close to collapse, is a “failed state” or a “narco state.” Fox news has been spreading this message, along with a number of political commentators on the Sunday morning talk shows, and even Rolling Stone. The violence in Mexico is worrying, and cause for concern, but the rhetoric seems to lead the uninformed to think Mexico is more ….Read More
Aug 192008
19/08/2008
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Phoenix’s branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on Friday it took 18 automatic weapons bound for Mexico off Arizona streets before they got south of the border. The guns were heading to drug cartels in Mexico from the U.S., said William Newell, special agent in charge, ATF, Phoenix field division. Newell said agents found five of them strapped underneath a truck heading for the border two weeks ago. Then they found 13 more two days later. Agents said a women made a straw purchase of 13 in Phoenix, meaning she lied, saying the guns were ….Read More
28/04/2008
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U.S. Army Spc. Richard Medina Torres, 25, the Fort Hood soldier who drove into Mexico with two high-power firearms will be put on trial, federal authorities said in a statement released Saturday Medina earlier was charged with smuggling weapons into Mexico, punishable by up to 30 years. The Saturday statement did not mention smuggling, which suggests a judge threw out that charge. Police could not be reached late Saturday for clarification. José Alfredo Fierro, a lawyer in Chihuahua state where Ciudad Juárez is located, said a court generally would be more lenient if the firearms were legally purchased. If Medina ….Read More