Although the Obama Administration cynically insists for political gain that there is no evidence of drug cartel spillover violence from Mexico into the United States a former DEA supervisor begs to differ, and he insists that their most gruesome tactics including beheadings are occurring on American soil.
Former DEA supervisor Phil Jordan says three beheadings in the last year -- two in Arizona and one in Oklahoma -- "have cartel written all over them" as reported by KRGV: "'One is too many; two is too many. Three should send an alarm,' says Jordan."
In October 2010 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security acknowledged that the narco insurgents from Mexico in fact were sending hitmen or "sicarios" into Arizona to locate and kill those who are stealing their product as reported by Jerry Seper for The Washington Times: "In a memo first sent in May but widely circulated since, the department said a group of '15, very well-equipped and armed' assassins complete with body armor had been sent into the state to identify, locate and kill the drug thieves, who are thought to be independent operators."
That Homeland Security warning fell on deaf ears in the Obama Administration.
The House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing last May on security along the Mexico-U.S. border, and law enforcement officials from the border states testified the Obama Administration is deceiving the public by insisting there is no spillover violence from the drug cartels as reported by Gary Martin for the Houston Chronicle. For example, Steve McCraw, Texas Department of Public Safety director, "said 22 murders, 24 assaults, 15 shootings and five kidnappings in Texas were linked to Mexican cartels since 2010": "There has been a proliferation of organized crime in Texas."
And it's only going from bad to worse said Zapata County, TX Sheriff, Sigi Gonzalez as reported by KGNS: "Things are getting more violent. The smugglers are getting more brazen. They're being given orders to confront us, so it's not more secure."
Indeed, in December 2010 the Sinaloa cartel murdered U.S. border patrol agent Brian Terry in southern Arizona when he stumbled upon a trafficking operation.
But don't let a dead federal agent get in the way of Obama's open borders folly as he trolls for Mexican votes.
Mexicans can vote?
Posted by: Vanityvein | 01/19/2012 at 05:06 AM