Trouble in and from Mexico
A huge story that just is not getting much if any coverage from the mainstream press is what is going on in the boarder town of Nuevo Laredo. This Mexican town has a huge crime rate and recent murder rate of police. This last weekend the newly appointed chief of police was murdered by drug lords and ilk. Mexican Federals moved in to the town only to be greated by gunfire. Gunfire that appearently cam from the local police. Now with close to 700 city officials arrested and 40 faceing seriouse charges will the drufg lords come in fireing or in with more bribe money?
http://americanpatrol.com/
Then there is this story of a strageing area for the mass flood of ILLEGALS into this country.
By Mark Mullen
Correspondent
NBC News
ALTAR, Mexico — They arrive daily by the hundreds. In vans and buses, migrants from all over Mexico and beyond converge on the small town of Altar in the Mexican state of Sonora. Some 60 miles south of the U.S.- Mexico border, Altar has become a major staging ground for illegal immigration.
Around the town square, migrants make connections with human smugglers — who are also called “coyotes” or “polleros” — who can sneak them into the United States.
“These guys charges us $800-1,500 dollars to cross, a lot of money,” said one 27-year-old man who declined to give his name.
[A LOT OF MONEY, WOW JUST THINK THEN A LIFE OF CRIME AS THEY BECOME FUGITIVES FOR BREAKING IMMIGRATION LAW.]
Migrants told us the reason they resort to crossing illegally is that obtaining passports and travel papers from the Mexican government is often difficult at best. Also, going through official channels would make themselves known to authorities.
[WHATS THE PROBLEM WITHBEING KNOWN TO AUTHORITIES? COULD IT BE THAT THEY ARE CRIMINALS EVEN BEFORE THEY COME HERE AND ARE IN HIDING FROM THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ALSO?]
Big business
To be sure, illegal immigration is a thriving and very public business in Altar.
Street vendors openly hawk backpacks, sturdy shoes, emergency kits and dark clothing for migrants on their way to the desert.
And the town is home to many boarding houses with multiple three- and four-tiered metal bunk beds where migrants rest before attempting a border run.
Around the town square, vans line up to shuttle migrants to the border. The fare to travel in a van packed with as many as 18 people inside is 100 pesos, or about $9.
[IT IS NO WONDER THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WON'T AND DOESN'T WANT TOI DO ANYTHING TO STEM THE TIDE OF ILLEGALS TO AMERICA. THE MONEY IS ALMOST AS LUCRATIVE AS THE DRUG TRADE TO THEM.]
For the full artical copy and paste the following:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8171843/
http://americanpatrol.com/
Then there is this story of a strageing area for the mass flood of ILLEGALS into this country.
By Mark Mullen
Correspondent
NBC News
ALTAR, Mexico — They arrive daily by the hundreds. In vans and buses, migrants from all over Mexico and beyond converge on the small town of Altar in the Mexican state of Sonora. Some 60 miles south of the U.S.- Mexico border, Altar has become a major staging ground for illegal immigration.
Around the town square, migrants make connections with human smugglers — who are also called “coyotes” or “polleros” — who can sneak them into the United States.
“These guys charges us $800-1,500 dollars to cross, a lot of money,” said one 27-year-old man who declined to give his name.
[A LOT OF MONEY, WOW JUST THINK THEN A LIFE OF CRIME AS THEY BECOME FUGITIVES FOR BREAKING IMMIGRATION LAW.]
Migrants told us the reason they resort to crossing illegally is that obtaining passports and travel papers from the Mexican government is often difficult at best. Also, going through official channels would make themselves known to authorities.
[WHATS THE PROBLEM WITHBEING KNOWN TO AUTHORITIES? COULD IT BE THAT THEY ARE CRIMINALS EVEN BEFORE THEY COME HERE AND ARE IN HIDING FROM THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ALSO?]
Big business
To be sure, illegal immigration is a thriving and very public business in Altar.
Street vendors openly hawk backpacks, sturdy shoes, emergency kits and dark clothing for migrants on their way to the desert.
And the town is home to many boarding houses with multiple three- and four-tiered metal bunk beds where migrants rest before attempting a border run.
Around the town square, vans line up to shuttle migrants to the border. The fare to travel in a van packed with as many as 18 people inside is 100 pesos, or about $9.
[IT IS NO WONDER THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WON'T AND DOESN'T WANT TOI DO ANYTHING TO STEM THE TIDE OF ILLEGALS TO AMERICA. THE MONEY IS ALMOST AS LUCRATIVE AS THE DRUG TRADE TO THEM.]
For the full artical copy and paste the following:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8171843/
