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By Steven L. Taylor
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Via CNN: Government: Drug cartel leader ‘El Kilo’ caught in Mexico
Los Zetas are an especially nasty Mexican cartel founded by former members of Mexican special forces. They are suspected in regards to a recently discovered series of mass graves. By Steven L. Taylor
From me @OTB: By Steven L. Taylor
From me @OTB: By Steven L. Taylor
By Steven L. Taylor
A couple of days late on my part, but here are the results from the first round in Peru’s presidential elections:
The second round presents and interesting choice for Peruvian voters: Gana Peru’s Ollanta Humala, who was the second place finisher in 2006 and Fuerza 2011’s Keiko Fujimori. Humala fits into the neo-populist, vaguely (or, at least, somewhat ill-defined) leftward space pioneered by Hugo Chávez and also occupied at the moment by such figures as Rafael Correa in Ecuador, Evo Morales in Bolivia and Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua. However, as the BBC notes (Peru election: Humala, Fujimori court moderate voters), Peru is going through an economic upswing and Humala is apparently promising to cleave more to the Brazilian model than the Venezuelan (with which he identified more in his 2006 campaign). Meanwhile, Fujimori is the daughter of an ex-president now in prison having been convicted of corruption and complicity in human rights abuses (including death squad killings). This, one would think, would be a negative. By the same token, there are many in Peru who still see the father as having saved the country from Sendero Luminoso. As I said: an interesting choice. The run-off will be June 5. Source for graphic: ONPE. By Steven L. Taylor
So reports the BBC: Ingrid Betancourt’s ‘kidnapper’ killed in combat.
The FARC continues to suffer numerous setbacks—a pattern that started in 2007. Filed under: Colombia | Comments Off|
By Steven L. Taylor
Via the BBC: No Farc in Venezuela, says Colombian President Santos
This pronouncement was met with skepticism by former president Alvaro Uribe:
My first reaction to this was that there was something amusing about Uribe tweeting his discontent, especially if one is familiar with Uribe’s time in office. He doesn’t strike me, at least not from a distance, as someone who would be happy being reduced to tweeting—especially on this topic, as he was quite strident in his views on Venezuela. My second reaction was bravo for democracy: this is as it should be, i.e., once one’s term is done, one ought to recede to the background, even if one was the most popular president in modern Colombian history. BTW, I never thought that there was rampant FARC activity in Venezuela, but also would hardly be surprised if there were members of the group taking advantage of the frontier still. Filed under: Colombia | Comments/Trackbacks (1)|
By Steven L. Taylor
Via the Sacramento Bee: Cocaine lab in Honduras alarms anti-drug officials
Basically, this is the balloon effect for processing. If the authorities are going to make it difficult for the traffickers to obtain chemical in one place, they will simply shift the process elsewhere. By Steven L. Taylor
Via the AP: US: FARC and Taliban are among largest drug trafficking organizations in the world
And the reason for this is quite simple: drugs, especially with black market prices in place, are an excellent way to fund armed groups. Filed under: War on Drugs | Comments Off|
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