Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Mexico: Mexico's most wanted

Two interesting things have happened this week. First, a police officer in charge of investigating kidnappings and extortion in the western state of Michoacan was killed by gunmen. Why am I not surprised that yet another killing has taken place due to drugs/extortion. It seems as though the violence will continue to rise if people continue to silence themselves. This police officier was taking a big risk in investigating this phenomenon and I'm sure that his death has spurred doubt within in the department as to whether or not to continue the investigation. My guess is that it will be called off and the debauchery will continue.
Second, The Associated Press reported Monday, "Mexico's Attorney General's Office on Monday published this list of most-wanted drug trafficking suspects and their top lieutenants, and offered rewards of up to $2.1 million for information leading to their capture.Rewards of $30 million pesos ($2.1 million) were offered for information leading to the arres of...." And the article continues to name some people. This actually scares me. If people start to try to find information, I believe that innocent lives may be taken.

Urja Dave (mexico)

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