If you get CNN International, keep an eye out for me...

I just finished an interview with CNN International (my first!), during which I talked about Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen's death, its impact on drug-related violence, and other drug war issues. If you actually get that channel at your US location (I don't with DirecTV), then keep an eye out for me throughout the day's coverage and tomorrow morning, and let me know if I was any good!

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Sylvia

The death of Tony Tormenta is another victory for Calderon. It does show that the Mexican Gov't is trying to seriously locate and take down these top cartel bosses. But its hard to say what the direct follow-on will be. Maybe it will just mean a deeper power stuggle between the Cartel de Golfo and the Zetas for control of the drug corridor around Matamoros.

By the way ... news reports keep referring to a group of "Mexican Navy Commando's" as the people who hunt down these narco-bosses. I don't know if you've ever thought about this - but just how big is the Mexican navy anyway?? Why would they have a dedicated group of navy commandos - when Mexico does not even conduct overseas operations with ships? Quite possibly the name "Mexican navy commando's" is being used to cover some shadowy group whose real roots are not obvious.

[Jose]

As long as herbs like marijuana and coca leaves remain illegal, the government will continue to suffer the unintended consequences of Prohibition.

The only reason the level of violence in the US is much lower than that of Mexico is because Mexico hasn't wasted over $1 trillion on massive police forces and incarceration facilities during the past decade.

As soon as austerity measures are implemented in the US from a bankrupt economy, you will see the same violence in the US as is now in Mexico.

Quite possibly this is what the US government wants so they can declare martial law and dismantle the Constitution.

[Jose]

Colombia has the highest number of displaced people in the world

http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/12-11-2010/115762-colombia_has_highest_number_displaced_persons-0/

Now to get Hillary Clinton to implement the drug policies in Mexico that worked so well in Colombia.

I wonder where the Mexican refugees will go when Colombian style brutality is brought into Mexico courtesy of the US State Department.