A Japanese man is on a layover at Mexico
City's airport that has lasted almost three
months, and he has no plans to leave. (Nov.
22) Tags :airportmanjapanesemakesmexicohome
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couldnt resist make a video and to share with
the world the beauty of mexico city
fotos Oscar Ruiz
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greetings Tags :mexico
October 2008
Mexicans are facing a horrifying increase in
violence brought about by the governments
decision to wage war on the powerful drug
cartels. Each day sees more deaths and
kidnaps, while corruption is endemic.
The death toll so far this year is 4000,
higher than Iraq. Around 4 people a day are
kidnapped for ransom. Were assaulted every
day, says one man, Mexico as a country can
not guarantee our security. In Sinaloa, life
is a daily roll call of decapitations,
torturing and shootings of gangsters and
innocents alike. A hysterical young man just
witnessed the shooting of his sister point
blank in the head. The next day, assassins on
motorbikes executed two men in broad
daylight. There are witnesses, but theyre too
scared to talk. Its common belief that
corrupt police are involved in the drugs
trade and the kidnappings: "drug traffickers
dont need to buy a minister to carry on his
activities. They only have to buy the chief
of police". While this report was in the
making, a federal police officer at one
point a member of the Anti-Kidnap team was
arrested over the kidnapping and murder of a
14-year-old boy. It seems Mexicos president
has a hard battle ahead of him. Last year
American Congress gave him US$400 million to
help fight the drug cartels but this amount
is nothing compared to the money laundering
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