The news story:
At least 38 people have been killed in Tijuana since Saturday, nine of them decapitated, in escalating drug-related violence that appears to have left in tatters a Mexican military offensive launched two weeks ago.
The killing spree marked the end of the tenure of the city’s top law enforcement official. Secretary of Public Security Alberto Capella Ibarra was removed from his post Monday evening after a year marked by upheaval in the police ranks and increasing violence.
It is disgusting what is going on in the Mexican border areas – and it is entirely the fault of a Mexican government which turned a blind eye to smuggling because it brought currency into Mexico and thus allow Mexico’s entrenched establishment to ignore the structural problems Mexico faces. Things are going from bad to worse, and I feel for the poor Mexicans – but we also must not allow this state of affairs to drift across to our side of the border. The fence must be built – and if necessary built 100 feet high from one end of the border to the other. As long time readers know, I’m in favor of an easy immigration policy – but I’m also in favor of our being entirely in control of who comes across, and when.
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