The violently brutal drug war in Mexico has killed more than 55,000 people during Felipe Calderon’s presidency, according to Reuters, and that is the what newly-elected Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto will inherit when he is sworn in in December.
Mexico’s presidential election is over, and the early results reveal that the winner is Enrique Pena Nieto, the leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which ruled Mexico for 71 years until 2000. Pena Nieto received 38 percent of the vote,
CNN Contributor LZ Granderson thinks we shouldn’t be “nosy” about Operation Fast and Furious–that we don’t want or need to know the gritty details about the ATF’s gunwalking operation. To Mr. Granderson an operation like Fast & Furious is “very
Back in 2009, I was in Del Rio, Texas, attending a Texas Border Sherriff’s Coaliton conference. During one particular Q and A session, the Obama liaison from the Department of Homeland Security kept focusing on stopping the southern flow of
Actresses Salma Hayek and Blake Lively stopped by the set of Good Morning America on Wednesday to promote their new movie, “Savages.” “Savages,” in theatres July 6th, goes into the gritty details behind the Mexican drug cartels and their
Operation Fast & Furious was a program in which the ATF pressured gun shop owners to sell guns to straw purchasers, knowing there was a high probability they’d land in the hands of drug cartels. They made no effort to
Reckoning day is quickly approaching for the debacle known as Fast and Furious – not soon enough for the family of CBP Agent Brian Terry and many other victims of the doomed federal gun sting operation – but it will come. People
What other license to violate societal norms can the Democratic Party endorse? Now it’s drugs. Texas Democrats have joined with other supporters of legalizing marijuana in urging the federal government to decriminalize the drug. In the party’s platform, the Democrats
By PORFIRIO IBARRA RAMIREZAssociated PressMONTERREY, MexicoForty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border in what appears to be the latest blow in an escalating war
The filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated documentary “Waco: The Rules of Engagement” is gearing up to shed light on Operation: Fast and Furious. Colorado-based Michael McNulty has been watching the media give scant attention to the scandal, one which involves the
A section of the draft of contempt charges against Attorney General Eric Holder is dedicated to explaining how Fast & Furious branches off into different departments within the Department of Justice (DOJ). While most know about the operation being based
Democrats are getting desperate when it comes to Operation Fast and Furious. They will do anything to deflect from the fact that people using the guns that Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice “walked” across the border to murder
From Chris Chocola, President, Club for Growth: All three received subsidies from the Export-Import Bank…The Export-Import Bank is nothing more than a fund for corporate welfare backed by the American taxpayer. It’s time for Congress to shut down the Export-Import
Katie Pavlich’s new book, “Fast and Furious,” assembles the devastating evidence thatimplicates the Obama administration for its botched gun-walking operation and ensuing coverup to mislead Congress and the American people. Few journalists have devoted as much time reporting on Fast
In El Paso, Texas, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Ricardo Montalvo has been arrested and charged with attempting to smuggle guns and ammunition into Mexico. More specifically, he’s been accused of trying to smuggle the weapons to the Mexican cartel. His
Matthew Boyle observes that the Eric Holder tape released by Breitbart.com today provides the motive underlying the Fast and Furious scandal, in which the Attorney General apparently gave the go-ahead to an operation that funneled guns to the drug cartels
America and Iran have been involved in a covert war for many years over Iran’s efforts to geopolitically dominate the Middle East. Fearing the political and financial costs of sustaining protracted military actions against Iran, the Obama Administration has cranked
Operation Fast and Furious should have been brought up in Arizona’s debate. I’ve no idea how you can have a debate in a border state that is being sued by the Obama administration for enforcing its immigration laws and yet not discuss
MEXICO CITY (AP) – A major political party in Mexico has chosen a female presidential candidate for the first time, as the ruling party bet that a charismatic former congresswoman will help it erode the lead held by its powerful
[audio: http://www.coffeeandmarkets.com/CoffeeandMarkets020212.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Josh Treviño to the violent struggle between the drug cartels and the Mexican government, how Mexico’s economy has reduce
Big Government has obtained exclusive excerpts of a book scheduled to be released next month, which outline problems with the federal government’s handling of the drug war. The book, The Border Challenge, authored by T. Michael Andrews, a former adviser
MEXICO CITY (AP) — When convoys of soldiers or federal police move through the scrubland of northern Mexico, the Zetas drug cartel knows they are coming. The alert goes out from a taxi driver or a street vendor, equipped with
As unlikely as it is for OWS to gain power, what would it mean for our nation, and our society, if they did? Michael Bane provided a frank answer. Bane has several decades of experience in the coverage and study
I’m speechless. Last night on ABC World News reported about illegal gun sales in New York. New York City Mayor Bloomberg is on top of it! So many gun sellers sold guns to people who wouldn’t pass a background check!
It’s been a very busy week for Operation Fast and Furious. Last Friday, the Department of Justice dumped 1400 pages of documents on Congress. On Saturday we learned US undercover drug agents laundered money for Mexican drug cartels. Wednesday we
