I was down in Chihuahua state a couple times before Christmas for work, and the restaurant we frequented was blown up by granades in between the two trips b/c the owner didn't want to pay for "security" to the local drug gang.

Officers are paid so little, it's very hard for the gov't to find honest cops as the drug dealers can easily just pay the majority of them off. All the honest cops just get capped.

Interesting read, and very relevant to the content of this thread - http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-ti...376,full.story
to follow up from my earlier post

from the article:

"Criminals earn respect and credibility with creative killing methods," said the official, who requested anonymity for reasons of security. "Your status is based on your capacity to commit the most sadistic acts. Burning corpses, using acid, beheading victims. . . . This generation is setting a new standard for savagery."

"The government, meanwhile, seems helpless to stop the killings. Police officers who have not been lured away to work for Garcia as drivers, lookouts and hit men are paralyzed with fear. Garcia is said to possess a list with every cop's address and phone number. More than one police officer has answered his phone to threats from a man identifying himself as Garcia.
Other times, there is no warning -- as in January, when gunmen surrounded the home of Deputy Police Chief Margarito Saldaña Rivera and opened fire, killing him, his wife and two daughters. Authorities blame Garcia for the slaying."

"In October, after a Mexican soldier was killed in a clash in which four gunmen also died, Tijuana's top military commander, Gen. Alfonso Duarte Mugica, mentioned Garcia's name at a news conference, signaling that the alleged crime boss was in his cross hairs.
About three weeks later, hundreds of soldiers and federal agents fanned out across neighborhoods believed to be Garcia's stronghold. For 24 hours, the killings stopped. Then, more than 40 people were slain over three days.
Three were police officers. They had been decapitated along with six other people, whose corpses left no doubt who was responsible: Their bodies, placed head to toe, had been arranged to spell out '3 L.' Tres Letras."

holy fuck looks like they all got ak's

US army should come into there and blow the shit out of everything

i know eh, these mexican mobsters are actually more dangerous to the US than a bunch of guys in caves.

^^yeah. cuz the US' top priority is the well being of other countries citizens. lol

^so mexican organized crime isnt operating in the US?
i just saw a news report abour mexican gangs kidnapping people every day in phoenix.

let me rephrase that
other countries citizens, as well as there own.
if you ever want to know why wars are fought, there's a simple rule of thumb you can follow:
just follow the money. your answer is at the end of the trail

Land, money, power all the same thing in the end.

The gang wars in Los Angeles are pretty bad. They've become racial wars over turf, money, drugs, cars, you name it. There was a recent documentary in which the claim is that Hispanic gangs have become so strong and ruthless, they're outright scary and threatening.

fuck that looks brutal

FYI, all guns are banned in mexico.... hows that working out.

Because gangs are usually not scary and non-threatening? :p

no, no, no. you've got the order all wrong. it goes:
first chu get de money. then chu get de bower. then chu get the cuncha.
and anywhere in between chu can get de ak47 to the dome

damn, that was hardcore.
VPD wouldn't even know where to start if this shit was happening here.

the vpd would probably be powerless since they're soo use vancouver's cleanness