Hypervigilant Observer

Following 45 GROWTH/EMERGING Markets: MEXICO, BRASIL,LATIN AMERICA,EASTERN EUROPE, RUSSIA, EUROZONE...from AUSTIN,TEXAS...with Freely Accessible, Reputable...ENGLISH LANGUAGE LINKS: Energy...Currencies...Crime... Tourism...Politics...Economics. HOARDING News Links...Since JUNE 2009...AD FREE.

Search This Blog

Subscribe To

Posts
Atom
Posts
Comments
Atom
Comments

About Me

View my complete profile

Popular Posts

  • MEXICO: Guapo But Bobo...PRI's Pena Nieto Still Leads To Succeed Prez Calderon.
  • BRASIL: FIFA Ponders Guns Swap For World Cup Football Tickets; Lula's Tumor 75% Reduced.
  • FRANCE: Angry Basque Force Sarkozy To Hide In Bar.
  • Wall Street Journal Profiles Mexico's notorious "El Chapo."
  • SERBIA / LIBYA : Are Serbian Mercenary Pilots Bombing Protestors In Tripoli?
  • CHILE: 16 Jan. UPDATE: Camila Vallejo Interviewed; May Run For MP As Communist.
  • BRASIL : Trade Surplus Hits 4 Year High $30 Billion; Auto Sales Up Almost 3%; 'Dirty List' Of Slave Employers Grows To 294.
  • RUSSIA : C.Bank Lowers Benchmark Interest...to 8%.
  • ARGENTINA / RUSSIA / BELARUS/ UK : Olympics News...Sort Of.
  • HUNGARY / EU : 13 Mar UPDATE: PM Orban's State Banks Proposal Disturbs Brussels; 'Orbanomics' Analysed.

13 June 2009

In Nuevo Laredo: A Calmer Phase of Drug War Emerges

It seems ironic to me that some of the best international stories are published in the NYTimes on Saturdays... the lowest readership day.

Maybe the editors consider these reports...as filler.

I consider them...essential!

Here's an excellent update by Marc Lacey on a new relative calmness... in Nuevo Laredo...once THE hotbed Mexican city...for drug violence and outlaw activity.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/world/americas/13laredo.html?hp
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Labels: Marc Lacey, Nuevo Laredo. NYTimes
Newer Post Older Post Home