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Time for new US, Mexican anti-drug strategies

If the 81st Texas Legislature weren't nearly upon us, it'd be easy and timely to devote much more attention on Grits to criminal justice topics south of the border. That issue could take up an entire blog and then some, and Grits just doesn't have time or resources to tackle the story properly. Rather than delve deeply into these subjects, then, I at least wanted to point readers to several important, recent lowlights from law enforcement's battle against multinational drug cartels that significantly affect the Lone Star State.Ironically, crime in Texas (including our murder rate) has actually declined during a period in Mexico when thousands were slain in battles between competing criminal organizations and the government over access to US consumers...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 08, 2008 (boomark / email).