Baja Woes Continue
April 28, 2008
On Sunday, following one of the bloodiest days in Tijuana’s history, authorities held no news conferences. The death toll in the gangland-style shootings early Saturday between rival drug traffickers increased to 15 from 13, after two men died of their injuries.
Official silence is common in Mexico, where thousands have been killed in drug-related violence since President Felipe Calderon took office in December 2006. But many analysts believe that Calderon’s decision to send thousands of army troops to Baja California, Veracruz, Michoacan and other states to crack down on the drug trade is reaping a type of dividend.
The government’s efforts have disrupted agreements between trafficking organizations and corrupt officials, setting off turf wars among weakened organizations, analysts and government officials say.
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why are reports about this incident so contracting and different. this time when i visited an online newspaper from san diego they were the ones not describing the incidents as a macabre and action packed event. and then the blogs from american-mexicans i’ve read are the ones that seem to exaggerate everything.
i’ve actually attended the tecate bike run this year although several travel warnings were slapped into my face while in san diego. and it was a normal, incident-free day. no shoot outs, no bombings, no kidnappings or anything. it was a calm day considering that 15,000 people came. so where are all the drug dealers and organized crooks? i didnt see them.
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