Mexican gangs threaten mass police killings

http://www.time.com/...9,1881115,00.html

Gunmen killed a police officer and a jail guard Friday and left signs on their bodies saying they had fulfilled a promise to slay at least one officer every 48 hours until the Ciudad Juarez police chief resigns.

The slayings were a chilling sign that criminal gangs are determined to control the police force of the biggest Mexican border city, with a population of 1.3 million people across from El Paso, Texas.

Ciudad Juarez police have long come under attack, and many officers have quit out of fear for their lives, some after their names appeared on hit lists left in public throughout the city.

Police officer Cesar Ivan Portillo was the fifth officer killed this week in Mexico's deadliest city.

I knew the situation was bad, but that is just short of total collapse. The government of Mexico seems to be facing the problem, refusing to back down and dealing with corruption in government and police ranks in addition to adding manpower and equipment to the affected regions. But if the problem is on that scale, they may have to bring in the army to get the situation under control, and that never ends well even when it works.

Jay

Post #304,560 by jay 2/23/09 10:08:02 AM Reply	Mexican gangs threaten mass police killings http://www.time.com/...9,1881115,00.html Gunmen killed a police officer and a jail guard Friday and left signs on their bodies saying they had fulfilled a promise to slay at least one officer every 48 hours until the Ciudad Juarez police chief resigns. The slayings were a chilling sign that criminal gangs are determined to control the police force of the biggest Mexican border city, with a population of 1.3 million people across from El Paso, Texas. Ciudad Juarez police have long come under attack, and many officers have quit out of fear for their lives, some after their names appeared on hit lists left in public throughout the city. Police officer Cesar Ivan Portillo was the fifth officer killed this week in Mexico's deadliest city. I knew the situation was bad, but that is just short of total collapse. The government of Mexico seems to be facing the problem, refusing to back down and dealing with corruption in government and police ranks in addition to adding manpower and equipment to the affected regions. But if the problem is on that scale, they may have to bring in the army to get the situation under control, and that never ends well even when it works. Jay
Post #304,565 by Ashton 2/23/09 5:17:40 PM Reply	The 'mordita' (little bite) is Institutional Police corruption is assumed, varying from simple extortion on being stopped in some small town for an imaginary offense (car) to much larger forms. Now, with the drug gangs servicing the Major Drug Habits of El Norte: 'failed State' is being mentioned more often, even in the brain-dead meeja. Just what we need, in the mix and midst of our decline: chaos-South (too.) When it rains it pours.
Post #304,591 by dmcarls 2/24/09 6:42:08 AM Reply	El Norte - great movie from 25 years ago http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085482/
Post #304,670 by Ashton 2/25/09 5:13:11 PM Reply	Â¡Si, verdad!

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