11 soldiers dead in Mexican military chopper crash

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Source: Associated Press

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"Eleven Mexican soldiers have died in the crash of a military helicopter carrying troops for anti-drug missions.

Mexico's Defense Department says preliminary evidence suggests the crash was caused by bad weather in the northern state of Durango. It said Saturday the Bell helicopter went down late Friday in a mountainous area of the state.

Five officers and six enlisted men were flying out of a base in Badiraguato, a township in neighboring Sinaloa state where fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is reportedly active.

Mexican military helicopters have come under fire in drug-related violence that has killed more than 22,700 people in Mexico since late 2006."




Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/19/1690029/11-soldiers-dead-in-mexican-military.html?mitest=A_default

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Meanwhile...


3 Federal Investigators Killed, 1 Wounded (6/18)


9 Police Officers Executed in Monterrey (6/17)



Gawker: Mexico's Bloody Summer: Drug War Spins Out of Control

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"It was a bloody week in Mexico. On Monday alone, 96 people were killed in drug related violence, and yesterday police found 12 decomposing bodies inside a cave in Cancun. It could easily get worse."

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1. Hey American Politicians

hows that prohibition on drugs working out for our neighbors. You don't care, I know, we all know. Its as plain as the nose of your faces. directed at the assholes in our government who support this prohibition.

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2. Scary. It's a real war. And it's spilling over into the US.

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