The Mexican Mess
Will Drug War Stop at Border?

Los Angeles Times -- April 26 Gang shootout in Tijuana leaves 13 dead     Rival bands suspected of drug trafficking open fire with rifles and automatic weapons on a major thoroughfare. Several others are injured in the border city's latest episode of violence.     ....The prospect of infighting among the cartels and within law enforcement has some observers worried about the unintended consequences of the recent crackdown and whether the violence it has unleashed can now be contained.     "We deserve this. The police are terrible. All of them are corrupt. No one escapes it. We don't want it but have to accept it as the truth." Jose Belaza, owner of Señor Maguey's.