A Mexican “drug queen” acquitted of actual drug charges will not be extradited to the US, a Mexican federal court ruled today. Sandra Ávila Beltrán was cleared in December but held until the justice system could decide whether or not she would be sent to the US over a US-bound drug shipment. Her boyfriend, Juan [...]
The border crossing from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, to El Paso, Texas. Juarez has borne the brunt of the recent drug-related violence in Mexico. Mexican law prohibits foreign armed forces to operate within the country without Congressional approval, but a new report claims that the United States has agents inside the country fighting in the “war [...]
Texas Gov: US Should Consider Invading Mexico | Focus on ‘border security,’ drugs behind call for troops
As the bloody drug war between the Mexican government and the assorted drug cartels along the US border continues to escalate, one US Defense Department official has revealed that the Pentagon estimates that the cartels have at their disposal over 100,000 troops, roughly on par with the Mexican army’s 130,000 troops. The latest news in [...]
In an interview today on NBC, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the US is in position to provide more help to the Mexican government to continue its fighting against drug cartels along the two nations’ border. Gates declared the drug war “a serious problem,” and said that he envisions the US providing training, surveillance [...]
America’s Joint Forces Command issued their annual “Joint Operating Environment” report, which projects future wars and other potential global threats. This year, the report pointed to two nations which may undergo a “rapid and sudden collapse.” One, unsurprisingly, was Pakistan: a near-bankrupt nation with spiraling inflation, a huge domestic insurgency problem and growing military tension [...]
