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[Prof.Gringo]

Looks like the drug is already in the Mexico City area:

"TOLUCA, Mexico � A suspected cartel member was arrested Thursday in three shootings that killed 20 people on the outskirts of Mexico City, attacks stoking fears that a once-distant drug war is increasingly encroaching on the capital."

English:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110218/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico

Spanish:

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/ciudad/105242.html

Again, no place is safe when a full-scale drug war is raging on a daily basis.

Be safe.

[the peanut gallery]

As a result of the midday executions of a US customs agent on highway 57 in SLP earlier this week the state department has issued a no-travel warning for that state. This will not be good for SLP's economy. It is a state on the up, becoming an auto industry powerhouse over the last decade. According to CNN this morning, the FBI is in the state and is investigating the attack along with the army. SLP state officials have been frozen out of the investigation and are not happy about it.


Maybe these warning are a bit useless...dont drive in Guadalajara after dark, dont go to SLP, etc. Why not just put the classify the whole country as a no go zone? There are only 3 states which have not had any executions so far this year. Just yesterday the mayor of Ciudad Victoria urged his citizens to "remain calm, but try to avoid leaving their homes after dark". So these warnings are not just coming from uncle Sam.

[Prof.Gringo]

[the peanut gallery]

http://mx.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/110216/latinoamerica/latinoamerica_delito_mexico_186

Some interesting things in that article. The CDG and the Zetas are fighting for the control of the LOCAL market in Monterrey. American drug lust has nothing to do with the bloodshed there.

[Enchilada Potosina]

Yes, not really worth getting caught in the crossfire just to work in one of SLP's crappy language schools - just in case you were thinking about coming here anytime soon.

[the peanut gallery]

But La Huasteca is beautiful I think im getting the travel itch.