Let's see, with 72 municipalities, that's an average of nearly 5 airstrips per township. Wow! Those cartels certainly are prolific! And as for "destroying" them, how does one destroy a dirt landingstrip in an empty corn field?
La Jornada: In 2011, the Mexican Army destroyed 329 clandestine airstrips in Sonora, where it also seized 35 aircraft linked to organized crime groups." Spanish original
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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