Mexico's drug war pits government against former elite commandos

[Jack_DeLeon]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2270&ncid=2270&e=2&u=/krwashbureau/20050211/ts_krwashbureau/_bc_mexico_drugwar_wa


NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico - A car whipped across the street, cutting off the taxicab. Six men, sporting military-style crew cuts and sunglasses and toting AK-47 assault rifles and walkie-talkies, quickly emerged and encircled the cab.


"What are you doing taking photos around here?" one demanded. He examined the photographer's press ID, which had been passed nervously through the window. Then, as quickly as they'd appeared, they vanished into the gloom as darkness approached.


The men were members of the Zetas, former Mexican elite commandos - trained to combat drug traffickers - who've switched sides. As the government dispatches federal police and soldiers to cities along the U.S. border in an effort to stanch a war between rival drug gangs, the Zetas are the major challenge it faces.

We should all just hurry up and end this useless drug war.

[physioex]

1. Billions wasted on.....

"War on Drugs" and what has been achieved?

[bemildred]

2. Well, apparently, there are some excellent private armies out there now.