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.
Jun 2, 2011
Drug War Bloodshed: Bullet-dodging mayor fights Mexican drug cartels
Bullet-dodging mayor fights Mexican drug cartels - The Globe and Mail: "Three days after he was inaugurated Mayor of Garcia, a working class suburb of Monterrey, Mexico, 10 truck loads from the Zeta drug cartel showed up at Jaime Rodriguez Calderon’s house planning to kill him. They didn’t get him, but they did gun down his chief of security and four body guards who tried to intervene. Since taking office in November of 2009, Mr. Rodriguez has survived two more assassination attempts..."
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