Tijuana Mexico – 20 Murders Since Friday, 4 Decapitated
December 16, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
The violence in Tijuana mexico continues. More than 20 violent killings were perpetrated in Tijuana since Friday bringing December’s total to 43 so far and 575 for the year-to-date, according to the Baja California Attorney’s Office (PGJE in Spanish).
District Attorney Rommel Moreno said that most of the killings are related to drug dealers and the “war” between drug cartels.
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Four months ago it was reported a Mexican Drug Cartel broke into a Mexican rehab clinic and shot dead 18 patients. If a Mexican Drug Cartel thought nothing of murdering 18 rehab patients at a clinic, it is problematic Cartels operating in the U.S. could as easily murder Americans in this fashion. Should the U.S. State Department list, all Mexican Drug Cartels as terrorist organizations? That would make it easier for the U.S. Justice Department to “Charge with Supporting Terrorist Activity” all Mexican Drug Cartel members caught distributing illegal-drugs in the U.S. The “Patriot Act” defined supporting “terrorist activity” as any criminal activity that “participates” in “World Markets” that terrorist may use or depend on for their support. Theoretically, anyone distributing illegal-drugs could be alleged to support a “Criminal Market” that terrorists may use—based on the premise both criminals and terrorists use the same world networks and organizations to “Market” illegal-drugs; and have interests in criminal activity.” Enforced narrowly, those Patriot Act provisions could be used to charge Americans with supporting terrorist Activity, who knowingly provided guns to a Drug Cartel listed as a Terrorist Organization.