{"id":596,"date":"2007-05-17T01:21:08","date_gmt":"2007-05-17T06:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2007\/drug-related-violence-in-mexico.html"},"modified":"2007-05-17T01:21:08","modified_gmt":"2007-05-17T06:21:08","slug":"drug-related-violence-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2007\/drug-related-violence-in-mexico.html","title":{"rendered":"Drug-related violence in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Police, the military, and the drug organizations in Mexico continue to be in an all-out war, another reason to pray for Mexico.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned back in January, the violence in Mexico <a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2007\/world-conflicts-mexico.html\">prompted the CBC to include Mexico on its top 5 world hot-spots for conflict<\/a>. &nbsp;At the end of last year, Mexican President Felipe Calderon sent 7000 troops into the state of Michoacan, and in January he sent another 3000 into Tijuana. &nbsp;It&#8217;s been estimated that there have been 800-1000 deaths from the violence this year alone.<\/p>\n<p>This week two senior anti-drug officers were murdered (one in Mexico City and another in Tijuana). &nbsp;Yesterday armed gunmen captured police right out of their cars and four officers were killed, three kidnapped. &nbsp;They were freed after a gun battle.<\/p>\n<p>In the northern state of Coahuila, the state&#8217;s chief anti-kidnapping investigator was himself kidnapped, and is still missing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But the government has had its successes too<\/strong>, having detained hundreds of gunmen and having burned millions of dollars worth of illegal marijuana plants. &nbsp;Recently police in Mexico City made what could be the biggest seizure of drug cash ever worldwide &#8211; US$207 million.<\/p>\n<p><b>I don&#8217;t write this because we personally fear for our safety.<\/b> &nbsp;The major hot spots are far from where we live. &nbsp;However, this is a major part of understanding where Mexico is at today, and why we continue to ask you to pray for the people of Mexico. &nbsp;These are massive challenges very much on the hearts and minds of people here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police, the military, and the drug organizations in Mexico continue to be in an all-out war, another reason to pray for Mexico. 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