Hot off his "success" in Tijuana, (see the post preceding this one), Calderon goes on to defeat the cartels in Ciudad Juarez.
Calderon tries to cut crime in Mexican drug war city | Reuters: "President Felipe Calderon flew to Mexico's most violent drug war city of Ciudad Juarez on Tuesday as authorities sought to halt unrelenting bloodshed that threatens investment in border factories.Calderon has pledged to crush drug gangs that have killed more than 6,800 people in the manufacturing city across from El Paso, Texas, since early 2008.
But Ciudad Juarez is proving to be the president's toughest test, threatening public support for his army-led drug war. ... "It is very clear that there is no law in Juarez. The politicians live on another planet," said Blanca Martinez, the widow of local journalist Armando Rodriguez, who was killed by hitmen outside his home in November 2008." Oct. 12, 2010
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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