Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- August 1
Casey Wian: Another execution style murder in Mexico. The shooting of a Jalisco family Wednesday bore all the usual signs of a drug cartel hit, except that three of the six victims were children, a 7 and 8 -- year-old girl and a 15- year-old boy. Experts on the drug war say Mexico's cartels are increasingly targeting innocent civilians.
<--Large group of people lie in wait for ride 100 feet south of border near Sierra Vista, AZ. (Taken 07/29/08)
Casey Wian: Another execution style murder in Mexico. The shooting of a Jalisco family Wednesday bore all the usual signs of a drug cartel hit, except that three of the six victims were children, a 7 and 8 -- year-old girl and a 15- year-old boy. Experts on the drug war say Mexico's cartels are increasingly targeting innocent civilians.
<--Large group of people lie in wait for ride 100 feet south of border near Sierra Vista, AZ. (Taken 07/29/08)
Prof. George Grayson: It is taking the war to a new level. And what the cartels are attempting to do is to strike fear in the heart of politicians, in the heart of the police, and also in the hearts of the military.
Wian: Grayson says Mexican President Felipe Calderon's 19-month crackdown on drug cartels is now being hampered by instability and defections among his top crime fighters. Noe Ramirez, who served 20 months as head of Mexico's organized crime bureau, resigned Wednesday. This spring, he traveled to Arizona and promised cooperation with the United States on border crime. [...]
Now a growing number of Mexican law enforcement officers are fleeing across the border. The AFI is roughly Mexico's equivalent of the U.S. FBI. This week in Los Angeles, the top AFI commander in the border town of Mexicali, was arrested with his wife by the DEA and Los Angeles police and charged with possessing money in connection with drug trafficking.
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