Mexico anti-drug officials worked for cartel: government

[Niels Bohr 72]

Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:15pm EDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Six members of a government crime-fighting unit have been arrested on suspicion of working for a powerful drug cartel run by the country's most-wanted man, the attorney general's office said on Wednesday

The officials, who focused on organized crime, are accused of passing crucial information about anti-drug operations to the Sinaloa cartel from Mexico's Pacific coast. It is led by kingpin Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman.

The suspects gave the information to a part of the cartel that has recently turned on Guzman, the government said.

That internal conflict has sparked a surge in the drug-related violence that has killed some 2,000 people in Mexico this year.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has made crushing drug gangs the main goal of his six-year term, sending troops across Mexico on taking office in December 2006.

But drug violence has spiraled as rival gangs fight for control of lucrative smuggling routes into the United States.

Endemic police corruption has further complicated efforts to rid Mexico of cartels, with some police officers moonlighting as drug hitmen and kidnappers.

(Reporting by Anahi Rama; Editing by Xavier Briand)

[peejay 327]

How many times do I have to say it? Build the wall and put US military troops on the border.

The morons running this country are more concerned with Georgia, Iraq, Afganistan, etc. and we have this going on right next door spilling across into the USA.

[pedroh 21]

sweet

we got a new Peejay's news feeder..

are you like the VJ Lou Dobbs console?

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

sweet

we got a new Peejay's news feeder..

are you like the VJ Lou Dobbs console?

while you may not like the news, it's interesting.

[pedroh 21]

this aren't news...

[almaty 19]

hermano pedro, you know only mexico has corrupt gov't officials in the world....America does not or Canada or Cambodia or Brazil or Belarus...etc.

Edited August 14, 2008 by almaty

[pedroh 21]

hermano pedro, you know only mexico has corrupt gov't officials in the world....America does not or Canada or Cambodia or Brazil or Belarus...etc.

yea I know, there's no corruption in America..

[almaty 19]

hermano pedro, you know only mexico has corrupt gov't officials in the world....America does not or Canada or Cambodia or Brazil or Belarus...etc.

yea I know, there's no corruption in America..

yes, only Mexico...it is a well known fact on VJ

[peejay 327]

sweet

we got a new Peejay's news feeder..

are you like the VJ Lou Dobbs console?

while you may not like the news, it's interesting.

They never dispute the facts...they only whine that the truth isn't hidden from view. Kind of like when LaRaza and their cohorts tried to get Dobbs fired and removed from the airwaves.

Truth? Some people can't handle the truth. I wonder why?

[pedroh 21]

sweet

we got a new Peejay's news feeder..

are you like the VJ Lou Dobbs console?

while you may not like the news, it's interesting.

They never dispute the facts...they only whine that the truth isn't hidden from view. Kind of like when LaRaza and their cohorts tried to get Dobbs fired and removed from the airwaves.

Truth? Some people can't handle the truth. I wonder why?

what does la raza have to do with the narcos in mexico??? is that your new hook? link everything to la raza, or to the corruption -which is not news- in Mexico??

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again, trying to defend Dobbs? defend someone with real concerns about illegal immigration, not fearmongering and bias like all he does..

Edited August 14, 2008 by pedroh

[pedroh 21]

and console is not doing a great service to vj trying to keep everybody informed about what happens in the world.. he clearly does it on purpose to antagonize mexico

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

and console is not doing a great service to vj trying to keep everybody informed about what happens in the world.. he clearly does it on purpose to antagonize mexico

mexico is reading this thread?

[pedroh 21]

u know what i mean..

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

u know what i mean..

i know what you wrote.

[peejay 327]

sweet

we got a new Peejay's news feeder..

are you like the VJ Lou Dobbs console?

while you may not like the news, it's interesting.

They never dispute the facts...they only whine that the truth isn't hidden from view. Kind of like when LaRaza and their cohorts tried to get Dobbs fired and removed from the airwaves.

Truth? Some people can't handle the truth. I wonder why?

what does la raza have to do with the narcos in mexico??? is that your new hook? link everything to la raza, or to the corruption -which is not news- in Mexico??

--

again, trying to defend Dobbs? defend someone with real concerns about illegal immigration, not fearmongering and bias like all he does..

You were the one that brought up Dobbs...not me.

But, as usual, you twist stuff around in a lame attempt to muddy the waters. Where did I say LaRaza was in cahoots with the narco-cartels? LaRaza does use threat in a lame attempt to muzzle the media in their attempts to promote only their agenda...which is open and unregulated borders. So what if this policy also helps out the narco and human smuggling cartels too.

Considering that there are 20+ million illegal aliens in the USA and most of them came from and through the Mexican border along with a sizable amount of the narcotics hitting the US streets...your accusations of fear mongering are laughable to say the least.