April 16, 2008

Combat Too Close to Home 
Mexican Border a War Zone 

Mexican army on border less than a mile from American Border Patrol's ranch in Arizona.
Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- April 15
Dobbs: A stark warning from the U.S. State Department for American planning to travel to Mexico or already traveling there. Americans and local residents have been the victims of kidnappings and homicide carried out by warring drug cartels as we have been reporting here for some time. But the U.S. State Department is not now imposing a travel ban to Mexico.
Wian: The State Department's latest travel alert from Mexico warns much of Mexican territory along the U.S. border is a war zone. It says, "Recent Mexican army and police force conflicts with heavily-armed narcotics cartels have escalated to levels equivalent to military small-unit combat and have included use of machine guns and fragmentation grenades."
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