By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Elio Lorenzana, on who’s head the U.S. government placed a $200,000 reward, was peacefully detained after a DEA-supported operation. The lede of the story, on the website InSight (tagline: “Organized crime in the Americas”), reads: “Guatemala has now captured more top-level drug traffickers in the past two years than in the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — No question the protracted drug war America talks so often about has taken its toll on lives and on urban, rural and suburban America. It’s also wreaked havoc along the Mexican border. But the Associated Press has written a story saying the war after 40 years is a failure…
One sure way to lose public support on the war on drugs in Mexico and the U.S. is to use torture. This is something both the U.S. and Mexico need to address if they hope to succeed. By Steve Fainaru and William Booth Washington Post Foreign Service PUERTO LAS OLLAS, Mexico — The Mexican army…
The violent Mexican drug wars are spilling over the border into the U.S., particularly in border states. But now Canada is acknowledging that the violent activities are encroaching on the Canadian landscape. Now the question is: What to do? COLIN FREEZE AND MARINA JIMÉNEZ Toronto Globe and Mail TORONTO — Mexico’s war on the drug…
Some experts say the U.S. better get more proactive and help the Mexican government fight drugs. The consequences of not helping out enough could be devastating. By Michael Braun Security DeBrief After I read Tony Kimery’s outstanding article in HSToday entitled, ‘Savage Struggle on the Border,’ I could not help but dwell on the irony…
