Violence
On December 1st, 2012, Enrique Pena Nieto became the President of Mexico, replacing Felipe Calderon, who had been president since 2006. The President of Mexico has a six-year term, and cannot be reelected. Pena Nieto won the 2012 Mexican election held on July 1st. Mexico has a five-month long transitional period between election and inauguration, […]
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The drug wars continue in Mexico, with over 50,000 killed since 2006. And Mexico, like the U.S., is having a presidential election this year. In the midst of this, there’s news of a surprising Mexican poll showing significant support for U.S. intevention in Mexico. Is that a good idea? For the entire article, click here. […]
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, during the early hours of April 6th, two men, Jacob England and Alvin Watts, entered a predominantly black neighborhood and started shooting people. They shot 5 black people, 3 of whom died. Police arrested the perpetrators two days later. They confessed and were charged with three counts of first degree murder and […]
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Just what were they thinking in the U.S. Justice Department? What were they thinking when they cooked up a scheme to allow thousands more weapons to be smuggled to Mexican drug cartels? And will anybody ever be held accountable for it? It’s not as if there weren’t enough weapons floating around Mexico. There are plenty […]
Of the various drug cartels shooting up Mexico, two have come to dominate the scene. These two are the Sinaloa Cartel and the Zetas. To read the entire article, click here. Article, by Allan Wall, published on the Mexidata.info website, on October 31st, 2011
Not only are drug cartels shooting up Mexico, they’re now north of the border. They are expanding in several states—notably Texas. And it’s been happening under the watch of Texas Governor Rick Perry, who wants to be our president. That’s the same Rick Perry who opposes a fence on the border and brags about giving […]
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The Mexican drug war rages on and the death toll continues to climb. One grisly incident after another proceeds in a gruesome parade of violence and carnage. You think you’ve heard it all, and then you read another outrage. The technological changes that have affected Mexican society also affect the Mexican drug cartel war, as […]
This past week, in Mexico’s northern city of Monterrey, 52 people perished in a fiery conflagration at a gambling establishment known as the Casino Royale. Monterrey is one of Mexico’s most prosperous cities. Its residents, known as regiomontanos, exhibit a strong work ethic and are known for their industriousness and thriftiness. In recent years, however, […]
My family and I recently returned from a visit to Mexico. To read the entire article, click here. Article, by Allan Wall, published on the Mexidata.info website, on July 18th, 2011.
Mexico is awash in weapons, many of which are used in drug cartel violence. This is a big problem, but much of the rhetoric on both sides of the border has been unhelpful and counterproductive. Both Mexico’s Calderon administration and the U.S. Obama administration blame U.S. gun shops for the proliferation of guns in […]