US CA: Column: We're Part Of Mexico's Drug War

9/1/2010

WE'RE PART OF MEXICO'S DRUG WAR

It sometimes seems that California is sharing a border with Iraq or Afghanistan instead of Mexico.

A war is in our midst, though the carnage and militarization in Mexico and our connection to it is often background noise.

So in case you missed it: Reuters is reporting that beginning today, the U.S. government will deploy surveillance aircraft Predator B drones to monitor the approximately 1,900 miles of border Mexico shares with the United States.

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