US Media not reporting: The House of Death (Guardian)

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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1962643,00.html
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Just another casualty of Mexico's drug wars? Perhaps. But Padilla had no connection with the drugs trade; he seems to have been the victim of a case of mistaken identity. Now, as a result of documents disclosed in three separate court cases, it is becoming clear that his murder, along with at least 11 further brutal killings, at the Juarez 'House of Death', is part of a gruesome scandal, a web of connivance and cover-up stretching from the wild Texas borderland to top Washington officials close to President Bush.

These documents, which form a dossier several inches thick, are the main source for the facts in this article. They suggest that while the eyes of the world have been largely averted, America's 'war on drugs' has moved to a new phase of cynicism and amorality, in which the loss of human life has lost all importance - especially if the victims are Hispanic. The US agencies and officials in this saga - all of which refused to comment, citing pending lawsuits - appear to have thought it more important to get information about drugs trafficking than to stop its perpetrators killing people.

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1. Are you surprised?

Nothing that could further tarnish the "powers that be" are explored without massing pot-banging on the net..

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2. There have been a number of in-depth reports on WBAI

on "The Expert Witness Radio Show"
http://expertwitnessradio.org

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3. K & R n/t

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4. kick.