By "Radical" Russ Belville on February 2, 2012
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Every one of the 2,500 police officers in this Mexican border city has been ordered to leave home and stay in a hotel after the killing of five officers by a local drug cartel.
The gang threatened a week ago to kill one policeman a day unless Police Chief Julian Leyzaola resigns.
Posted in LAW ENFORCEMENT | Tagged drug cartels, Juarez, Mexico, police
By Cannabis Karri on February 1, 2012
Marijuana that is grown out doors, just like any other agricultural crop, is dependant on Mother Nature to cooperate with the effort. This year, a drought in Northern Mexico has gotten bad enough that it is now affecting the crops, including those that are illicit. Military officials, who wage much of the war against drug [...]
Posted in ABNORML NEWS, LAW ENFORCEMENT | Tagged drought, drug cartels, methamphetamine, Mexico, Mexico City
By Cannabis Karri on January 18, 2012
A story about a large cannabis bust caught my eye today. This one comes from Brownsville, Texas, and was executed by the Customs and Border Protection agency. In what must have taken untold hours to conceal, agents found more than 3,500 pounds of marijuana concealed in cabbage. No, the marijuana wasn’t hidden in a truck [...]
Posted in ABNORML NEWS, LAW ENFORCEMENT | Tagged Brownsville, cabbage, Marijuana, Mexico, smuggler, Texas
By "Radical" Russ Belville on November 10, 2011
The problem is Los Zetas, the particular drug gang in this story, doesn’t like even the local news media “snitching” on their activities, much less the entire world reading through the internet. And unlike everyone else on the internet (except Jay & Silent Bob), they have the resources to go door to door and literally kill every local blogger they consider a troll.
Posted in ACTIVISM, ENTERTAINMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT | Tagged bloggers, Internet, Laredo, Los Zetas, Mexico, Nuevo Laredo, Texas
By "Radical" Russ Belville on November 3, 2011
Majorities in Montana support the new restrictive medical marijuana law and keeping guns from medmj patients; music by Kottonmouth Kings.
Posted in NORML SHOW LIVE | Tagged Fort Collins, Groovin' Thursday, Kottonmouth Kings, Mexico, Montana
By "Radical" Russ Belville on November 1, 2011
FOX News Latino is reporting news of a huge drug ring bust with the headline “Arizona Busts Billion Dollar Drug Ring Tied To Mexican Cartels”. Based on the report, over 99% of the drugs seized in what was called “Operation Pipeline Express” was marijuana.
Posted in ACTIVISM, ECONOMICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT | Tagged Arizona, FOXNews, Hillary Clinton, Mexico, ONDCP, profit, RAND Corporation, Sinaloa, smuggling
By Cannabis Karri on October 26, 2011
Mexican Government has allowed domestic marijuana and opium production to climb to record levels. Heroin seizures on the border have tripled since 2006.
Posted in ACTIVISM, LAW ENFORCEMENT | Tagged border, calderon, drug cartels, government, heroin, Marijuana, Mexico, street war
By "Radical" Russ Belville on August 8, 2011
What if that drug lord opened his newspaper and read this: “U.S. to legalize and regulate marijuana”? That would ruin his day, and ruin it in a way that could not be fixed with more and bigger guns, higher prices or more murder.
Posted in ABNORML NEWS, ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEGISLATION | Tagged Gov. Gary Johnson, Mexico, Washington Times
By "Radical" Russ Belville on April 4, 2011
I have to say the fake TV Mexican marijuana farm looks pretty pathetic. And the dastardly Mexican drug lords are far crueler and better armed these days. I think we’ll need more than just the A-Team to defeat them.
Posted in ACTIVISM, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY | Tagged Mexico, The A-Team
By CannaBob on March 28, 2011
“Dan Rather Reports: Mexican Standoff” premieres on tomorrow night HDNet, Tuesday, March 29 at 8:00 p.m. ET with an encore at 11:00 p.m. ET.
Posted in ACTIVISM, ENTERTAINMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT | Tagged Dan Rather, HDNet, Mexico
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