7 Mexican police officers killed in Ciudad Juarez

[cory777]

Source: AP

By OLIVIA TORRES, Associated Press Writer

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Gunmen ambushed two police vehicles at a busy intersection in Ciudad Juarez on Friday, killing seven officers and a 17-year-old boy who was passing by, authorities said.

Chihuahua state spokesman Enrique Torres Valadez said six of the police officers were federal, and one was a local police woman. Two local police officers remain in critical condition.

Authorities said the police officers had stopped to talk to a street vendor who had flagged them down for help when gunmen opened fire from behind their pickup patrol trucks. The assailants then fled in three vehicles.

Investigators said they don't know why the officers were shot, although they don't believe they were targeted because of any recent arrests they had made.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_drug_war_mexico

[saigon68]

1. Just like Saigon ca: 1968

Impossible to figure out who did it-- Rival gangs, Black Market activities, just plain criminals or any provocation to hide one assassination.

[panzerfaust]

2. A peek into our future, if we continue to support crime by criminalizing drugs

In the long run, Prohibition did not work the last time around either.



But it did give criminals a grip on our government which has only grown stronger over the years.

[saigon68]

5. Billions for prisons

And the system to arrest and prosecute millions of minorities

[paulsby]

6. get real

while the drug war is a MISERABLE FAILURE to say this is a peak into our future is absurd and unfounded.

considering that the drug war has run apace for decades, and crime has dropped significantly since its crack war peak a few decades ago, i find your prediction to be based on vapors.

[Javaman]

9. Living in Texas, such as I do, we are privy to many more

news stories coming out of Mexico than the rest of the nation.

Here is an example of that is going on. Probably the best piece I have read in the last few months which sums things up.

The True Inside Story of the Catastrophic Mexican Drug Wars
Why Ciudad Juárez has a murder rate nearly four times higher than Baghdad's.
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/146370/the_true_inside_story_of_the_catastrophic_mexican_drug_wars?page=3

Or just google "zetas mexico" and you will get all the info as to what is going on down there that you want.

On edit:
Here is another good read from Mother Jones...

Mexico's New Super-Cartel Ups Violence in Power Play
http://motherjones.com/print/53811

[msongs]

3. drugs are illegal. has that solved the drug "problem"? no just gets mexican cops murdered nt

[Socal31]

8. Where are drugs legal?

Where can I go buy a 20 bag of Meth legally?

Is the US the only one to outlaw such things?

[lib2DaBone]

4. .. the War On Drugs Grinds on.... Billions of Dollars $$ flushed down a toilet..

... meanwhile.. thousands of Lobbyists for Big Pharm swarm like ants over Capital hill...


DEA Agents testify how well the WOD is working

[tabasco]

7. RIP.

I hope they catch the killers.

[Xenotime]

10. Don't forget all the guns and ammo we supply to them.

How much profit do the manufacturers make off the sale of weapons and bullets? His blood is on their hands.