News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Abuses said possible in Mexican drug sweep

Reuters

February 07, 2007

"In Mexico today, the system of universal justice for human rights is in danger of extinction"

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Amnesty International raised concerns on Wednesday over President Felipe Calderon's use of troops to control Mexico's spiraling drug violence, fearing rights abuses and echoing worries of the United Nations.

In the two months since he took office, Calderon has sent the military into narco strongholds to try to weaken well-armed gangs and their lucrative drug trade, winning popular support.

While the bold move has won praise from the U.S. government, critics including the United Nations warn the crackdown could lead to more violence and that Mexico's shaky justice system is not strong enough to prevent rights abuses.

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