Dianne Talsma (25 Feb 2005)
"Drug problem in Mexico now expanding"


Shalom All:

And for those in the southwestern USofA, you know WHERE ... don't you.

Drug problem in Mexico now expanding
http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14015056&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=475621&rfi=6
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More than 50,000 members of the tribes have lived in caves and log cabins in
remote canyons in the Western Sierra Madre mountain range in the area for
millennia, surviving on subsistence corn crops. They also mix Roman Catholic
rites with traditional beliefs in sun and moon deities, and chew
hallucinogenic peyote buttons to perform an ancient dance to cure the sick.

The drug gangs are basically from Sinaloa, which is recognized as the cradle
of the Mexican drug trade. Sinaloa is where Chinese migrants first came in
the 19th century to grow heroin poppies to make opiate-based pain killers for
sale in the United States.

One thing they understand is how to take over a region they see ripe for the
taking. The drug gangs have even gotten into religion to solidify their base.
The gangs have intimidated some Indian communities into dropping traditional
Holy Week Catholic Church rites to worship Jesus Malverde, the patron saint
of the drug runners.
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"Jesus Malverde, the patron saint of the drug runners".  Shaking my head!

Dianne
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