Heard about the mounting violence in Nuevo Laredo (just a stone's throw across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas)?
Bill Conroy has an interesting take: New State Department stats contradict media's narco-war hype.
The narco-traffickers engaged in the turf battle in Nuevo Laredo can gain control of a lucrative monopoly by eliminating their competition; politicians and bureaucratic careerists in the United States can score power points by dishing out “national security” cash to fund the war; and the media can prop up newspaper sales and ratings by exploiting the fear generated by the violence.Many of you may have heard about the State Department's travel advisory issued regarding American travel through this border region. Statistics, of sorts, exist to illustrate the "mounting violence", especially against Americans, in this region.Cynical, maybe. But it’s far closer to the truth than the “narco-terrorist” fiction the mainstream media is asking us to swallow.
Bill Conroy crunches some numbers and concludes that they just don't add up.
Do your own computations, ese.