Migrants Massacred In Northern Mexico – Where’s the UN Human Rights Council?
Posted by Lady Liberty on Thursday, August 26, 2010, 1:11 PM
Mexican officials investigating the death of 72 people found murdered at a ranch in the north of the country say they were migrants trying to reach the United States.
The 58 men and 14 women had come from South and Central America before they were kidnapped and killed by an armed gang.
Via The BBC:
They say the 58 men and 14 women had come from South and Central America. Their bodies were found on Tuesday, after a shoot-out between suspected drug traffickers and security forces. One of the surviving migrants told police the group had been kidnapped and killed by an armed gang. The unnamed witness told Mexican officials that he had come from Ecuador, while others in the group were from countries including El Salvador, Honduras and Brazil.
He said the migrants were shot after refusing to work for the gang. He had been injured but managed to escape and alerted marines at a nearby checkpoint.
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The BBC’s Julian Miglierini in Mexico City said the deaths highlight the two biggest challenges facing Mexico – the struggle against the drugs trade and illegal migration.
Miguel Molina, a Mexican affairs analyst, told the BBC that migrants from South and Central America are a frequent target for criminal gangs.
“They carry fairly large amounts of cash with them, in order to pay for the transport and every expense they need to make to reach the border,” he said.
“All the drug cartels operating in Mexico also have a role to play in the kidnappings of illegal immigrants and otherwise regular people.”
Tamaulipas state – where the incident occurred – has been the scene of fierce fighting between the Zetas and Gulf cartels.
In recent months an increasing number of mass graves have been discovered in various parts of the country.
This analysis from Julian Miglierini of BBC News, Mexico helps to clarify how dire the situation in Mexico has become.
Tamaulipas state has been at the centre of a turf war between the powerful Zetas cartel – initially formed by Mexican army deserters – and the Gulf cartel.
Once allies, they are now said to be fighting near the US border over this key drug trafficking route to the lucrative American market. It is feared the bodies that have just been found are related to that turf war.
Common graves are being found in an increasing number of states around Mexico, raising fears that the soaring death toll from drug-related violence could be even higher than estimated.
This is not the first big drug trafficking story to come out of Tamaulipas. Less than two months ago, the candidate likely to win the state gubernatorial election – who had made fighting crime one of his main campaign promises – was gunned down just days before the election, in another attack attributed to the cartels.
Mexico’s response to all of the violence? They are considering legalization of drugs. I call that surrender!
Looking at the map of Mexico’s drug cartels’ main areas of influence one wonders how long before we begin to see this level of violence and lawlessness in the U.S.? We are already seeing the spillover of violence in El Paso, Texas. The Obama administration has already ceded U.S. territory to the cartels in Arizona. They already claimed recently that they need thirty years to secure the border. No wonder Border Patrol Agents and ICE Agents have voted no confidence in their Leadership!
Now with the Obama Administration’s “backdoor amnesty” will we see even more illegal immigration? Backdoor Amnesty? I call it surrender!
The result of all this? More violence? More deaths? Why not just send an engraved invitation to the world that the U.S. will no longer protect its border nor prosecute and deport criminal aliens. Simple cause and effect. Something our President seems unable to comprehend.
I weep for my country.
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