Brittany McGregor
9/24/09 9:31PM
The violence never seems to cease in Mexico. The violent gangs in Mexico are increasingly kidnapping illegal immigrants for ransom. They are also forcing them to carry drugs into the United States along while smuggling them into the US. The traffickers, who are armed with automatic weapons, are snatching the immigrants up on both sides of the border and stuffing them in houses with little or no food or water. Then they are asking the families of the victims to pay up to $12,000 in ransom money. If they cannot come up with the money then the victims are killed and buried in remote, shallow grave. If the family pays the money but does not reach the deadline their family member is killed anyway. Although the US is in a recession, illegal immigrants are still trying to smuggle themselves into the country. A lot of the immigrants are kidnapped on the Mexican but some make it to US safe houses but cannot leave until they come up with a certain amount of money.
It no longer surprises me as to what types of crimes occur in Mexico. Every day there is something different happening and none of it seems to be good. I was not that shocked about the article for this week because this has been happening for a long time. Somehow it needs to be stopped though. In the article it said that ever since Felipe Caledron took office in 2006, more than 14,000 have been killed in the drug trafficking and smuggling. It makes no sense for this to be happening. The government of Mexico and perhaps the US government need to step in and do something.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090922/ts_nm/us_mexico_drugs_1
3 comments:
I agree, it's not surprise to me either that people are being killed. Great post!
Stories like this are very sad. Although violence like this occurs all over the world, it seems that Mexico in particular is really struggling with the cartels. They need to build a stronger government to get a handle on this violence.
I think it is horrible that things like this are occurring, however it does not come as a surprise to me that this is still occurring. People here allow it and add to the crime by letting it continue as well as purchase those drugs.
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