Welcome to Cartel City
That Mexico is wracked by violence as the federal government battles drug gangs and the gangs battle each other isn’t really news anymore; around 23,000 people have died since 2007, and I’ve written before about violence in Mexico’s northern border cities, as well as the possibility of it spilling over to our side. Secretary of State Clinton recently referred to this drug war as an insurgency, something the Mexican government loudly denounced.
Bombs on the border
A car bomb exploded two days ago, killing police officers and civilians in a terrorist attack. The attack didn’t occur where one might expect, Baghdad or Kabul, but in Juarez, Mexico, just across the border from El Paso:
VIDEO: Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA04) blasts Calderon, cheering Democrats
Good to see a conservative politico from the left coast doing some oh so righteous representin’ in the US House, especially after what Calderon and Congressional Democrats pulled earlier today:
Congressional Democrats stand & applaud Calderon over AZ law criticism
Yesterday, President Obama – on the WH lawn – stood in solidarity with Mexico’s President Calderon against Arizona’s new immigration law. Today, it was Democrats who stood up and applauded Calderon’s remarks against the bill during a joint session of Congress: