The "World According to Obama" is to solve the problems as they exist in transparency. The 'reality' President Obama INHERITED on Inauguration Day was a far different picture than any Republican wants to admit!
Government infrastructure 'costs.' The law enforcement authorities in the USA received a 'boost' from the Obama Stimulus that saved jobs in order to 'do their part' that they do so well. Don't talk to me about this man, don't even try.
A Mexican soldier stands guard as seized marijuana and cocaine are incinerated in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Mexico leaders call for UN help in Ciudad Juarez (click here)
(AFP) – 10 hours ago
WASHINGTON — Local leaders in Ciudad Juarez have asked for UN peacekeepers to help stem the alarming bloodshed in their city that is chasing business across the border to Texas, their representatives have said.
Despite the deployment of 8,500 troops since February, more than 2,000 people have been killed so far this year in drug-related crimes, making Ciudad Juarez one of the world's most violent urban areas, business leaders told a press briefing Wednesday.
The city's Association of Maquiladoras (assembly plants) said it had requested "the intervention of United Nations blue helmets (peacekeepers) to control" the crime wave, said association president Soledad Maynez.
She said the failure of federal and local authorities in staunching the bloodshed prompted local business leaders to approach the United Nations for help.
"We must allow military police from the United Nations and the United States to tackle crime here, since in addition to murders there's also a lot of kidnapping and blackmail," which have led to some 6,000 business closings in the city, said National Chamber of Commerce regional president Daniel Murguia.
He said the violence has prompted business leaders to live and invest across the US border in El Paso, Texas, where they enjoy greater safety....
Police say 'La Familia' drug gang crippled (click title to entry - thank you)
BY MANDY LOCKE - Staff Writer
GREENVILLE -- North Carolina law enforcement officials say they have curtailed a major Mexican drug cartel, arresting about 50 foreign nationals since 2007.
The announcement comes two weeks after federal agents disclosed an operation said to have crippled the "La Familia" network, one of the major drug cartels vying for dominance in the United States.
State officials say the arrests over the past two years have taken 200 kilograms of cocaine, 15 pounds of methamphetamine, 200 pounds of marijuana and 22 weapons off the streets. Officers also seized $1.7 million in cash from the dealers....
Mexican drug baron makes Forbes power list (click here)
Foreign 2009-11-12 18:09
WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (AFP) - The leader of a Mexican drug cartel made Forbes' magazines list of the world's most powerful people, well ahead of France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman, head of the feared Sinaloa cartel, was number 41 on the Forbes list, published Thursday on the business magazine's website.
The magazine said he was believed to have shipped between six and 19 billion dollars worth of cocaine to the United States over the last eight years, using elaborate tunnels to evade border controls.
"Diminutive nickname 'El Chapo,' or Shorty, belies fearsome behavior: as power behind struggle with government forces to control transport corridors to US, responsible for thousands of deaths," the magazine said.
Guzman was arrested in 1993 on homicide and drug charges, but escaped in 2001....
