Oct 11, 2010

Collateral Damage: Mayors Are New Targets In Mexico's Deadly Drug War

A review of  the increasing destruction of the rule of law at the local level in Mexico

Mayors Are New Targets In Mexico's Deadly Drug War : NPR: "As the Mexican government pushes forward with its offensive against the drug cartels, criminal groups have slaughtered their rivals, killed police and now increasingly are targeting public officials — particularly mayors. ...


Gladys Lopez Blanco, the head of a magazine called Alcades de Mexico (Mayors of Mexico), says, "They want to take greater control of our fundamental government structures, which are at the municipal level, because obviously it benefits them in growing their illicit activity.'" Oct. 11, 2010

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