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2010-07-16 Caribbean-Latin America

Chihuahua: Two Mexican Federal Agents Killed in Car Bomb Attack in Juarez -- UPDATED

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Posted by badanov 2010-07-16 02:54|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 The attack is the first car bomb attack in Mexico and is considered an escalation in the Mexican drug war.

Upping the ante, indeed.

You are doing crackerjack work, badanov. Thank you for making us informed!

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-16 06:46|| 2010-07-16 06:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Let me pile on the kudos. The whole 'More Mexican Mayhem' and the tracking of what is, essentially, terrorism on our southern border here at the Burg was Badanov's idea. I certainly have a better understanding of what's going on there and I thank him for it.

Any regulars with working Spanish language skills and a desire to review the Mexican news should also feel free to contribute. I have the sad feeling that these stories are going to be more and more important to us in the months ahead.

Posted by Steve White 2010-07-16 09:42|| 2010-07-16 09:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Hummmm.... he only doing it to track their Order of Battle.

Posted by Shipman 2010-07-16 15:59|| 2010-07-16 15:59|| Front Page Top

#4 he only doing it to track their Order of Battle.

Jackpot!

Posted by badanov 2010-07-16 17:26|| 2010-07-16 17:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Thanks for the kudos.

To amplify. I generally cover the northern tier of Mexican border states: Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas.

The only time I cover other states is if the Mexican Army is conducting an operation, a major state official is murdered, or a major shootout.

We could use someone to cover the following states in toto or in part: Durango, Sinaloa, Guerrero, Jalisco, Colima, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi, and Nayarit. These states sit astride a modern interstate highway system and represent a battleground, as it were, amongst criminal gangs to safely ship their product northward without local interference.

The pay is non-existant and the hours are long, but after only two months I really look forward to coming home from real work and scanning Mexican press for organized crime news.

I like to think that by exposing the terrible shooting gallery Mexico has become to feed a nation's drug habit, we are framing debate in many, many other areas of political debate to come.

Plus, as Shipman has said, there's the order of battle thing.

Posted by badanov 2010-07-16 17:46|| 2010-07-16 17:46|| Front Page Top

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