February 12, 2009
Drug War: It's going great!
Bienvenidos, mi amigos, to Phoenix, the drug cartel kidnapping capital of the Estados Unidos! Apparently the only place you're more at risk of being hogtied and tossed in the trunk of a car is Mexico City.
ABC News reports:
In what officials caution is now a dangerous and even deadly crime wave, Phoenix, Arizona has become the kidnapping capital of America, with more incidents than any other city in the world outside of Mexico City and over 370 cases last year alone.
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"We're in the eye of the storm," Phoenix Police Chief Andy Anderson told ABC News of the violent crimes and ruthless tactics spurred by Mexico's drug cartels that have expanded business across the border. "If it doesn't stop here, if we're not able to fix it here and get it turned around, it will go across the nation," he said.
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[K]idnappings and other crimes connected to the Mexican drug cartels are quickly spreading across the border, from Texas to California. The majority of the victims are either illegal aliens or connected to the drug trade.
An ABC News' investigation uncovered horrific cases of chopped-off hands, legs and heads when a victim's family doesn't pay up fast enough.
"They're ruthless, so now they're ripping each other off, but doing it in our city," Anderson said.
Yeah, we're clearly winning the drug war -- if by "winning" we mean "losing control of a major American city."
Bueno!
Posted by Mike Lief at February 12, 2009 09:01 AM
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