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...capture of one of Colombia's most wanted drug lords - who had, according to the police, been hiding in the country's northwestern jungle "like a dog" under a shelter of palm fronds - has led to major rejoicing in the country's war on drugs. Daniel Rendon Herrera, alias "Don Mario," allegedly headed a vast narcotrafficking operation, run largely out of the country's northwest, that caused a surge in drug violence in the nearby city of Medellin. The activities of his drug empire were allegedly responsible for 3,000 deaths in the last 18 months alone...
...cocaine baron had been a major figure in one of the paramilitary groups that began demobilizing after a 2003 accord with the government of President Alvaro Uribe. Those groups had been accused of a variety of crimes, including torture, land-theft and massacre But Don Mario refused to go through with the demobilization agreement, became a fugitive and continued running his drug-trafficking operation. Now Medellin is bracing for the struggle to determine his successor. What follows will be business as usual. "One capo goes down, another takes his place," says an ex-intelligence official...
...Edison Gomez, alias "Rinon," the leader of Medellin's main crime organization, 33 people were killed in a week, according to the city's police. The renewed upsurge in violence led to the government dispatching some 500 soldiers and 6,800 police to poor neighborhoods in the city. But major crackdowns do not seem to hamper the drug trade. In the last few years, several high-profile drug lords have been arrested and extradited to the United States. However, Isaacson notes, "the cocaine continues to flow...
...forcing its cancellation and the evacuation of regional leaders, attempted to physically attack Prime Minister Abhisit on two occasions, and launched a sometimes violent an chaotic protest in the capital, during which they burned buses, set off small bombs, threatened to blow up a gas tanker, blocked traffic on major roads, and shot and killed two local non-protestors who objected to their invasion of a neighborhood market...
...seen as a lack of any concrete measures from Obama despite his declaring a "new era in U.S.-Mexico relations" and saying he will stand shoulder-to-shoulder against the drug cartels. Particularly telling was Obama's admission that he will struggle to deliver on two key issues of major importance south of the border: the sale of U.S. assault weapons and immigration reform. The statements played into the hands of skeptics who argue that despite the more liberal face, it is still business as usual for the gringo colossus. "There were a lot of words and pats...