• 10 Mexican police killed in ambush, government says
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[quote](CNN) -- Ten Mexican federal police were killed and several others wounded in an ambush on a convoy Monday, the government said. An undisclosed number of criminals also were killed and wounded, the government's Information Ministry said in a release. Preliminary reports indicated a total of 26 dead, the government-run Notimex news agency reported. The attack occurred in the city of Zitacuaro, in the central coastal Mexican state of Michoacan, the ministry said. The convoy had originated in the city of Hidalgo and was on its way to Mexico City. In a separate incident in coastal northwestern Mexico, a prison uprising in the city of Culiacan left 18 dead, Notimex said. The carnage occurred Monday morning in the state of Sinaloa, home to the powerful Sinaloa cartel. An AK-47 assault rifle and two large-caliber handguns were confiscated, Notimex said. The police officers wounded in the convoy ambush were taken to hospitals in Mexico City and Morelia, another city in Michoacan state, the information ministry said. They were being protected under heavy guard. Preliminary information indicated that the four-truck police convoy was attacked after the criminals blocked the road with a bus that had been set on fire, Notimex said. The news agency said two other attacks were mounted against police in separate parts of Zitacuaro. No further information on any of the incidents was immediately available. Violence in Mexico has skyrocketed since President Felipe Calderon declared war on the nation's drug cartels shortly after taking office in December 2006. More than 22,000 people have died in drug violence during that time period, the government said recently.[/quote] Source:[url]http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/14/mexico.police.killed/index.html?hpt=T2[/url] Damn. You would think they would be more on the ball with these Cartels... Gotta think, those mexicans have BALLS to attack a four vehicle police convoy...
Sometimes I think that these Cartels are just as bad as the Taliban. It's just that the Cartels are in a country right below the United States.
Has nothing to do with balls, there is a full blown war going on in Mexico and most people don't even know about it. The government is trying to put a end to cartels and drugs while trying to weed out corrupt officials and police who work for the cartels. Its a mess, it really is.
They're really stepping, last week or so they slaughter people in drug rehab and now they're gunning down police convoys?
[QUOTE=Sporkfire;22624871]They're really stepping, last week or so they slaughter people in drug rehab and now they're gunning down police convoys?[/QUOTE] They've been doing this for years. The news is only now getting popular.
war on drugs is working out great :downsbravo:
[QUOTE=MR-X;22624862]Has nothing to do with balls, there is a full blown war going on in Mexico and most people don't even know about it. The government is trying to put a end to cartels and drugs while trying to [b]weed[/b] up corrupt officials and police who work for the cartels. Its a mess, it really is.[/QUOTE] :smug:
if only there was some way we could take out a large portion of the cartel's money making ability by removing a law or something
[QUOTE=JDK721;22625526]war on drugs is working out great :downsbravo:[/QUOTE] The "War on Drugs" is a political buzzword, not an actual movement, you moron. I'll call it a war when someone (i.e. the US military) REALLY gets involved in it.
[QUOTE=JDK721;22625526]war on drugs is working out great :downsbravo:[/QUOTE] It's hardly even a war on drugs anymore. The strength of the drug cartels rivals competent rebel armies. whoa, deja'vu
22,000 dead so far :wtc:
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