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Posted By Dee on 12/12/2006 8:58 PM

"Calderon vows war against notorious drug gangs

Story Highlights• Mexico's new president cracks down on turf wars between drug gangs
• NEW: Traffickers infamous for beheadings, tossing heads into nightclub
• Felipe Calderon sent 6,500 troops to crime-plagued Michoacan state
• Calderon took office December 1 vowing war on drugs"

Less than two weeks after taking office, President Felipe Calderon launched a full-scale attack on the drug trade in his home state of Michoacan.

He is promising to bring an end to traffickers' horrific intimidation tactics.

In an interview Tuesday with the Televisa network, Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora said the operation was aimed at "reconquering territory" controlled by drug gangs.

"It's not just a war against drug lords," he said. "It's a war against the entire criminal structure."

Medina Mora acknowledged drug lords will likely just find another stronghold.

"It's a complicated war, but it is a war we can win," he said.

1:45 p.m. December 12, 2006

APATZINGAN, Mexico – Soldiers stopped cars and frisked passengers Tuesday, searching for drugs or weapons. Helicopters swooped low over remote mountaintops, looking for signs of opium and marijuana fields. Ships patrolled Mexico's main Pacific port, a hub for drugs arriving from Central America and Colombia.
Less than two weeks after taking office, President Felipe Calderón launched a full-scale attack on the drug trade in his home state of Michoacan, promising to bring an end to beheadings and large-scale production.


The campaign follows earlier crackdowns by Mexican presidents who ordered mass firings of corrupt police, revamped courts, sent thousands of troops to battle traffickers and accelerated drug seizures – without making much of a dent on the quantity of narcotics crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

El Universal
Miércoles 13 de diciembre de 2006

APATZINGÁN, Mich. - Helicopters clattered over remote mountaintops while soldiers set up checkpoints Tuesday in western Mexico, a region President Felipe Calderón has vowed to take back from smugglers challenging authorities with beheadings and large-scale drug production.
Soldiers were ordered to set fire to marijuana and opium fields and round up traffickers in Michoacán - Calderón´s home state. Navy ships also were patrolling the state´s Lázaro Cárdenas port, a hub for drugs arriving from Central America and Colombia on their way to the United States.

Cornelio Casio, one of several generals overseeing the operation begun Monday, said 6,500 soldiers and federal police were fanning out across the state.

"We aren´t going to lose any time," he said. "We are completely focused on this war."

Posted By MichaelC45 on 12/13/2006 6:10 PM

He won't be in office for long......... i bet there is a contract on him now.

In an interview Tuesday with the Televisa television network, Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora said the operation was aimed at "reconquering territory" controlled by drug gangs.

"It's not just a war against drug lords," he said. "It's a war against the entire criminal structure."

AGUILILLA, Mexico: Soldiers killed several drug traffickers in a gun battle in the rugged mountains of western Mexico on Wednesday, the first major clash since President Felipe Calderon sent troops to restore order in a region terrorized by drug gangs, the military said.

The soldiers battled the traffickers in near Aguililla, a remote farming community overrun by a drug cartel, said Gen. Hector Sanchez, one of several officers in charge of the offensive.

Sanchez said several traffickers were killed in the shootout, but said the exact number could not be confirmed until later. No army casualties were reported.