Dozen die in Mexico clash ahead of Obama trip-media

[bemildred]

Source: Reuters

MEXICO CITY, April 16 (Reuters) - About a dozen people died in a shootout in Mexico between soldiers and suspected drug traffickers ahead of a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the drug war, Mexican media reported on Thursday.

The soldiers were patrolling a remote mountain road in the southern state of Guerrero on Wednesday when they ran into heavily armed drug gangsters who opened fire on them, Reforma newspaper said. The soldiers returned fire.

Obama was to arrive in Mexico City on Thursday for his first visit to Latin America and Mexico's escalating drug war will top the agenda.

Some 6,300 people died last year in drug killings in Mexico and the violence has begun to spill over into the United States.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN16548103

[bagrman]

1. Stop the violence. Legalize all drugs. Portugal proves it's a better way.

Take out the money and start the healing.


http://txfx.net/2009/04/08/drug-use-in-portugal-plunges-after-decriminalization/

[D-Lee]

2. Thanks for the link to the Portuguese de-criminalization data

Very impressive!