Mexico's Calderon reshuffling top cops in drug war
Mexico's Calderon reshuffling top cops in drug war
Sun Aug 3, 2008 3:09 pm (PDT)
Mexican President Felipe Calderon is shaking
up the top level of the attorney general's office as he struggles to combat powerful drug gangs that have killed 1,900 people this year, a government
official said on Sunday.
One of Mexico's top crime fighters, Deputy Attorney General Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, and five other top security officials are resigning, the
official told Reuters on condition of anonymity. He declined to say if they were asked to quit.
Santiago Vasconcelos, a veteran police chief who worked at the attorney general's office for 20 years, was a driving force behind the battle against
drug cartels. He was in charge of extraditions of drug lords to the United States.
Calderon made drug fighting a cornerstone of his administration as he took office in December 2006, but despite his army-backed crusade against
traffickers, the cartels remain strong and violence is on the
rise.
In recent months, police chiefs have been ambushed and killed in brutal attacks while children and families are increasingly becoming victims.
The source said Calderon will appoint the replacements of the six officials in coming days.
Mexico's main drug gangs, the Gulf cartel and a group of traffickers from the western state of Sinaloa, are at war with each other and the security
forces. Adding to the mayhem, several factions within drug gangs are also fighting for power. About 1,900 people have been
killed in fighting this year.
(Reporting by Cyntia Barrera Diaz;
Editing by Eric Walsh)
A nation-wide purge on the order of ethnic cleansing is in order. An immense, unbiased intelligence network needs to be in place to establish who is
whom, perhaps an international consortium which excludes the United States. Our involvement would make it unaccptible.
The time is well past the corner shootout stage which eliminates the enemy three at a time. Pogo was speaking of Mexico when he said,"We have seen
the enemy and he is us."
I just can't see the next logical move for Calderon.
1. He correctly identifies Narcos as the problem last year (fails to identify failure of the judges to prosecute once perps caught as a problem)
2. He brings in the Army- who became the next big problem (torture videos)
3. The Federalis also become victims of the narcos- but not innocent victims as the recent Mexicali AFI agent murders show ( two federalis murdered in
their bosses SUV at a chinese buffet, the boss and his wife were caught with $500K in cash in LA the next day)
4. The economy is in the toilet here too- putting more financial pressure on people to accept narco drug money.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
If you start with the wrong premise you will always reach the wrong conclusion. Legislating morality is useless though highly profitable for those
engaged in it. Stomping out evil is easy to promote i.e. Wars on various things, but hard to execute with any success and requires escalating
resources, pain and suffering.
Social stigma, education, medical treatment, good public policy i.e. taxation, and regulation have all helped decrease the use of the drug tobacco in
the USofA. These are not as glamorous as a "War" but undeniably more effective.
Originally posted by Woooosh
I just can't see the next logical move for Calderon.
1. He correctly identifies Narcos as the problem last year (fails to identify failure of the judges to prosecute once perps caught as a problem)
2. He brings in the Army- who became the next big problem (torture videos)
3. The Federalis also become victims of the narcos- but not innocent victims as the recent Mexicali AFI agent murders show ( two federalis murdered in
their bosses SUV at a chinese buffet, the boss and his wife were caught with $500K in cash in LA the next day)
4. The economy is in the toilet here too- putting more financial pressure on people to accept narco drug money.
The next logical move is that he keeps fighting.
What do you mean by "the economy is in the toilet"?
Here's a video for you, judging by ALL your posts, you could learn from it:
You are absolutely right, it is an impressive whack a mole game that can only succeed in fantacy land. Great post, exciting, high tech, dramatic and
fun to watch. Brings out the hero in all of us.
You are absolutely right, it is an impressive whack a mole game that can only succeed in fantacy land. Great post, exciting, high tech, dramatic and
fun to watch. Brings out the hero in all of us.
Originally posted by k-rico
What do mean? Allowing US cops/military of some type operate in Mexico? Maybe they already are because if so, I think it would be a secret.
They'll take our money and our equipment and maybe our advice but, not our personel. If you think our level of cooperation has improved to the point
that the number one traditional enemy of the country would be allowed to place tactical operatives on her soil, you're deluding yourself and any
president of Mexico that would allow such an occurance would be strung up in the palace crapper. Nothing of this scale could be kept secret. The
mere rumor of it would overboil the pot.
Originally posted by k-rico
What do mean? Allowing US cops/military of some type operate in Mexico? Maybe they already are because if so, I think it would be a secret.
They'll take our money and our equipment and maybe our advice but, not our personel. If you think our level of cooperation has improved to the point
that the number one traditional enemy of the country would be allowed to place tactical operatives on her soil, you're deluding yourself and any
president of Mexico that would allow such an occurance would be strung up in the palace crapper. Nothing of this scale could be kept secret. The
mere rumor of it would overboil the pot.
Originally posted by Woooosh
I just can't see the next logical move for Calderon.
1. He correctly identifies Narcos as the problem last year (fails to identify failure of the judges to prosecute once perps caught as a problem)
2. He brings in the Army- who became the next big problem (torture videos)
3. The Federalis also become victims of the narcos- but not innocent victims as the recent Mexicali AFI agent murders show ( two federalis murdered in
their bosses SUV at a chinese buffet, the boss and his wife were caught with $500K in cash in LA the next day)
4. The economy is in the toilet here too- putting more financial pressure on people to accept narco drug money.
The next logical move is that he keeps fighting.
What do you mean by "the economy is in the toilet"?
Here's a video for you, judging by ALL your posts, you could learn from it:
[Edited on 8-4-2008 by k-rico]
Fighting who with what? There's no one honorable left to fight the fight. If you win a batle- they kill you. The enemy is within their own ranks-
all the way to the top.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
What do you mean by "the economy is in the toilet"?
It must be in the toilet- becuase the ugly is coming out of people I used to be treated fairly by. I usually have a Mexican relative with me- when I
go out on my own I get ripped off.
Just Friday- the TJ gas supply company tried to charge me 650 pesos to fill a CO2 tank they filled for 200 pesos a few months back. They said the
dollar wasn't as strong- to which I replied you are charging me in pesos, not dollars! I laughed, called them the bandidtos (that they were that day)
and had them empty the tanks. I can get it filled in the USA for $15 dollars. One employee apologized for the fleecing and told me he had left some
gas in the tank for me.
So then I get home and the plumber comes by to repair one of my two hot water heaters. He charge 200 pesos last time to brush the carbon off and
clean the burner. This time he wanted 560 pesos. I told him to take a hike. My nephew and I did it ourselves in ten minutes for no pesos. I tried to
give this formerly honest plumber a little work (I knew I could fix it myself) and he took it upon himslef to be a bandit too when no mexican family
was around.
The peso is strong- which means people wiring money back to Mexico aren't wiring as much. They also aren't wiring as much becasue it costs more to
live in the USA now.
Mexico counts these remittances as national income.
Please, oh enlightened one, tell me five good things happening with the Mexican economy. Nope, not real estate, tourism or jalapenos.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
You are absolutely right, it is an impressive whack a mole game that can only succeed in fantacy land. Great post, exciting, high tech, dramatic and
fun to watch. Brings out the hero in all of us.
Iflyfish
Oh, is that what that was? The day I use Youtube for a learning tool is the day I burn my college degrees.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
You are absolutely right, it is an impressive whack a mole game that can only succeed in fantacy land. Great post, exciting, high tech, dramatic and
fun to watch. Brings out the hero in all of us.
Iflyfish
Oh, is that what that was? The day I use Youtube for a learning tool is the day I burn my college degrees.
"The day I use Youtube for a learning tool is the day I burn my college degrees."
That makes absolutely no sense. But if you need a match let me know, and please make a video of the event and put it on youtube.
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