Whack-a-mole: 'Happy Talk' Conceals U.S. Drug War Encroachment on Mexico

A Mexican newspaper, La Jornada, responds to the director of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's "Happy Talk" about the drug war being won.

(translation by World Meets Us, a website that translates international news articles into English)

'Happy Talk' Conceals U.S. Drug War Encroachment on Mexico: La Jornada, Mexico: "'The suggestion that the unbridled violence in Mexico is a sign of 'success' is belied by statistics on the number of murders; by irrefutable proof of increased firepower [on the part of the cartels]; the degree of organization and territorial control by criminal groups; the fact that growing segments of the population are living in terror; and human rights violations perpetrated by police and military personnel charged with 'restoring the rule of law.''"