Innocence lost: Police confirm they’ve found the remains of Zahra Baker
Note: In my original post, I had written that Zahra was 12-years-old. She was actually 10.
Ooops! Drug kingpin to finger Chavez in cocaine smuggling?
We already know the Hugo likes to chew on coca leaves supplied by his socialist buddy, Bolivian narco-trafficker President Evo Morales, but now it looks like he may finally get revealed as a major drug lord, too:
RIP, 10-year-old Zahra Clare Baker
A young Hickory, NC girl is dead, quite possibly at the hand of her stepmother. Read this story, and your heart will go out to Zahra Baker, and the abuse it sounds like she had to endure. May she RIP, and her killer(s) be punished to the absolute fullest extent of the law.
Mexican town resorts to mob justice
With the authorities unable to protect them, the residents of a small town in the state of Chihuahua that has suffered an average of three kidnappings per week finally had enough:
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.
Chicago gang members hold press conference to … criticize police, city
We’ll stop our thuggery – only if you give us some jobs! Via CBS 2 – Chicago: