Posts Tagged ‘ drug cartels ’

Turning Up The Heat (Operation Gunrunner Goes Rogue)

Turning Up The Heat (Operation Gunrunner Goes Rogue)

You’ll rarely find praise for the mainstream media, a hindrance to even modest immigration enforcement and reasonable immigration laws under the best of circumstances, on this website, but I have to commend CBS News for its continuing, exemplary coverage of the Gunwalker fiasco.
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Another Day, Another Massacre

Another Day, Another Massacre

Reading the headlines from Mexico these days is a thankless task, especially if you’re looking for any glimmer of hope in the otherwise relentless barrage of violence we’ve seen over the past five years. One recent gruesome discovery was a mass grave uncovered in Tamaulipas state.
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Operation FUBAR

Operation FUBAR

An update to a story we’ve been chronicling on American Rattlesnake recently: We now know that despite feigned ignorance by top administration flacks, the higher-ups at the Department of Justice were aware of Project Gunrunner, a program initiated by the ATF under President Bush which has now become a national embarrassment to the men...
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My Critique Of ‘Machete’ (Part I)

My Critique Of ‘Machete’ (Part I)

I should probably preface this post with the caveat that it does contain numerous “spoilers,” so if you wish to see this film untainted by the disclosure of any plot lines, characterization, thematic development or surprise twists, I suggest you depart before the jump. I myself am not a fan of spoiler alerts, and...
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Falcon Lake Investigation (Update)

Falcon Lake Investigation (Update)

There have been new developments in a story that we’ve covered on this website in the past, which involves another American death at the hands of Mexican drug cartels.
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The Zapata Investigation (Update); Libertarians Are Wrong Again (Commentary)

The Zapata Investigation (Update); Libertarians Are Wrong Again (Commentary)

The ringleaders behind the premeditated murder of special agent Zapata continue to be rounded up south of the border, including two very important handlers of the criminals who shot Zapata and his fellow ICE agent, Victor Avila.
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Cartel Snuff Films Go Viral (Warning: Graphic Images)

Cartel Snuff Films Go Viral (Warning: Graphic Images)

While the police dragnet for the murderers of ICE agent Jaime Zapata continues, in spite of potential obstruction by a systematically corrupt Mexican polity, the brutality of the cartels that are thought to have been behind his murder continues to be documented by the news media.
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America’s Third Front

America’s Third Front

One of the tragedies of the times in which we live is the ineluctable fact that so many words in our vocabulary have been been stripped of their meaning, either through overuse or misapplication.
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Blood Sport

Blood Sport

Another day, another brutal murder in Northern Mexico. If only our public officials were as concerned about violence on our nation’s border as they seem to be with that occurring in Afghanistan.
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“Bleeding Arizona”

“Bleeding Arizona”

I’d like to share with you a revealing, deeply disturbing overview of the chaotic, violent situation on the Arizona-Mexico border that was written by a former editor and reporter for the Voice of America, which you can find on the website of The American Conservative.
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