On guard recently were some of the 2,026 soldiers and 425 agents President Felipe Calderón of Mexico sent to Ciudad Juárez. Henry Romero/Reuters
In The Middle, And On The Run — Washington Post
Both Mexican military, rival traffickers target man who once ruled a region.
PETATLAN, MEXICO — As a two-term mayor and protege of the governor, Rogaciano Alva ruled this region with a pistol shoved into his belt. He exported truckloads of marijuana, opium poppies and illegal timber from the rugged Sierra Madre, and assembled a paramilitary army to enforce his will, according to law enforcement officials and residents.
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My Comment: It has taken 3 years of warfare and bloodshed to reveal the truth …. Mexico’s drug cartels are either influenced by and/or controlled by certain political elites.
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