Mexican Investigator Searching for Killers of American David Hartley Is Decapitated

[Judi Lynn]

Source: ABC News

Mexican Investigator Searching for Killers of American David Hartley Is Decapitated
The Investigator's Head Was Stuffed in a Suitcase and Sent to the Mexican Military

By EMILY FRIEDMAN
Oct. 12, 2010

The head of a murdered investigator who had been working on the case of missing Texan David Hartley was stuffed in a suitcase and delivered to the Mexican military earlier today.

The severed head of Rolando Flores, the head of state investigators in Ciudad Miguel Aleman, was murdered after spending weeks searching for Hartley. The American disappeared on Sept. 30 after he was shot on the Mexican side of Falcon Lake while Jet Skiing with his wife Tiffany.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/mexican-drug-gang-decapitates-investigator-homicide-american-david/story?id=11863267

[MadMaddie]

1. Soo at what point does the U.S identify the Mexican Cartels

as terroristic threats?

[texastoast]

2. Too many Godfather movies

This crap has to stop. Legalize the drugs and this kind of shit will go away.

But these thugs will fight against the legalization. Their tentacles are growing longer and longer, and we can thank the DEA for that, but not for their intrinsic lack of a modicum of decency.

[musiclawyer]

10. Californians Vote yes on 19

The end of this madness has to begin somewhere

[Phil The Cat]

17. I'm not in favor of prohibition

But no, legal weed will NOT stop greedy, violent people from being greedy, violent people!

The change needs to be cultural and economic, not legal!

As long as there are people, regardless of their financial situation, who want the big score with minimum work, there will be crime!

[Uncle Joe]

19. Ending the insane so called "War on Drugs" will create

major cultural and economic affects.

From a philosophical/cultural standpoint the US and Mexico would become more holistic and less draconian in the treatment of their citizens.

Major portions of both nations will become more trusting of and less alienated from their governments and police forces as those institutions would be working for the people instead of against them.

As a result those governments and police forces will become stronger for having a larger % of their citizenry supporting them.

Such a change would dry up major sources of income for organized crime and drug gangs.

Money spent on dead end prisons could be used for either education, prevention and treatment of people addicted to drugs allowing breadwinners to maintain their jobs, support their families, and thereby reduce the number of broken families.

With less emphasis placed on criminalizing their general populations over medical or personal privacy issues, both governments and police forces would have more time, energy and resources to battle violent crime and corruption.

[Plucketeer]

3. Next up?

Afghanistan

Iraq

Pakistan

Mexico

[DeSwiss]

4. K&R

[lumberjack_jeff]

5. Still don't believe her, DU? n/t

[fascisthunter]

8. believe who?

[lumberjack_jeff]

11. Tiffany Hartley

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9275101

[fascisthunter]

12. ahhh... I see

I stayed away from this until now....

[Judi Lynn]

6. I would hate to be the person who told this man to go get those killers! n/t

[DeSwiss]

15. The problem is.....

...it could just as easily been the same person who ordered his murder. Prohibition basically only enriches the crooked and the politicians (which many would argue are one in the same), and will kill anyone who gets in their way.

[southmost]

7. Big clusterf*ck of corruption to the highest bidder.

Most of the corruption is infiltrated into the government.

The AP reported at the time that the investigation would likely be complicated by regional gang wars between the Gulf Cartel and the Zeta drug gang, made up of former Mexican special forces soldiers.

There's no winning the war down there, as long as money is being pumped (for drug wars) into that country from ours.

[sulphurdunn]

9. I wonder how much money

drug cartels have invested in American banks?

[DeSwiss]

14. There you go.

You've hit the nail squarely on its head. That's why none of this will end soon.

- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mexico/family/citibankaffair.html">Never.....

on edit- added:

Frontline: The Salinas-Citibank Affair
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mexico/family/citibankaffair.html

Citibank caught money laundering again
http://www.workers.org/ww/2004/citibank0930.php

The Crimes of Citibank
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ciadrugs/052401_slatkin_story.html

Shell Game Citibank attacks money-laundering regulations
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Banks/Shell_Game_Citibank.html

Dirty Laundry Multinational banks as bagmen for global crime ...
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Banks/Dirty_Laundry.html

Foreign Policy In Focus | Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering
http://www.fpif.org/reports/drug_trafficking_and_money_laundering

“Creative” Wall Street and Money-Laundering | Emptywheel
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/07/06/creative-wall-street-and-money-laundering/

Zach Carter: Wall Street Is Laundering Drug Money And Getting Away ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zach-carter/megabanks-are-laundering_b_645885.html

Wachovia drug money « SpeakEasy
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/tag/wachovia-drug-money/

5 Outright Illegal Scams That Should Put Wall St. Bankers Behind ...
http://www.alternet.org/economy/148181/5_outright_illegal_scams_that_should_put_wall_st._bankers_behind_bars/

Narco News: History of Election Fraud and Drug Money
http://www.narconews.com/fraud1994.html

American Chronicle | The Banking Industry´s Dirty Little Secret
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/91579

[Boxerfan]

13. Don't forget all them privatized prisoners we pay for...For profit prisons means no legalization

Follow the money-Black market & US gubment approved. Its all good...

[bemildred]

16. Some sort of crude message, perhaps? nt

[Xenotime]

18. Just another something for rethugs to use in a campaign year.