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Politics : ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THE FIGHT TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRACY -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (3151)	3/15/2010 12:43:56 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3197

Mexico is a hellhole: Tomorrow's headlines: March 15, 2010 17 killed as Acapulco tourist idyll shattered by growing drug violence Its pearl-white beaches and balmy waters have earned Acapulco the title of Mexico’s Pacific Jewel. But just as tourists began flocking to its shores for the start of the spring holiday season, the idyll was shattered with the drug-related murders of 17 people. The weekend killings highlighted Acapulco’s increasing domination by powerful cartels vying for control of its strategic port. Two decapitated bodies were found on a busy road packed with nightclubs, while another five bullet-riddled corpses — two beheaded — were found on the city’s western edge. In the early hours of the morning, six police officers were also shot dead as they patrolled the outskirts of the city. Five died instantly and another later in hospital. The discovery of four other bodies in the city, including one dumped in a canal, brought Saturday’s death toll to 17 — just as thousands headed to the resort for a three-day public holiday. The Acapulco resort, and the surrounding state of Guerrero, is largely under the control of the brutal La Familia cartel. But as President Calderón increases pressure on drug traffickers with the deployment of about 50,000 troops across the country, battles between gangs over smuggling routes have intensified, bringing more bloodshed to the Pacific paradise. Times Topic: Mexican Drug Trafficking The New York Times The F.B.I. was sending agents to Ciudad Juárez on Sunday. The shootings took place minutes apart and appeared to be the first deadly attacks on American officials and their families by Mexico’s powerful drug organizations, provoking an angry reaction from the White House. They came during a particularly bloody weekend when nearly 50 people were killed nationwide in drug-gang violence, including attacks in Acapulco as American college students began arriving for spring break. The killings followed threats against American diplomats along the Mexican border and complaints from consulate workers that drug-related violence was growing untenable, American officials said. Even before the shootings, the State Department had quietly made the decision to allow consulate workers to evacuate their families across the border to the United States. Meanwhile just down the road here in Oregon a $2 million bike path is being built ...still a nice place to live, and it is where I live.