Mexico arrests 35 police officers for 'helping Zetas'

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BBC - 9/24/12

The Mexican armed forces have arrested 35 police officers accused of having links with one of the country's most powerful drug cartels, the Zetas.

Forensic technicians remove a body from a crime scene near a wall spray painted with the "Z" symbol of the Zetas drug cartel, in Monterrey.
The Zetas were set up in the 1990s by defectors from Mexico's special forces
 

The officers were arrested in operations in the eastern states of San Luis Potosi and Veracruz.

A turf war between the Zetas and rival criminal organisations in Veracruz has led to some of Mexico's worst massacres in recent years.

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so end the drug war

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Oh Mexico, I'm sorry Bush was mean to you

in 2008 you decriminalized everything, saving lives

but then they scolded you and you took it back 

 

Mexico I'm sorry our politicians made so much violence arise in your country due to making normal commodities crimes

 

do the right thing, legalize everything , strongly encourage healthy decisions and do not condone liquor or heroin , 

 

use Iboga to heal opiate addicts, 

and cannabis to heal cancer 

psychedelics to inspire people not to be addicted to anything

 

set a new paradigm, 

you can't beat cartels can you ? what if the cartels are run  by governments?  but you can change laws so that the cartels become corporations and things become less violent.