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The bloodshed in Ciudad Juarez being fueled by the drug war must have triggered a major alarm in Washington, D.C., this past weekend when the sister-in-law of a prominent U.S. Congressman was kidnapped while on a shopping excursion in the Mexican border town.
Juarez, located across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas, has been the flashpoint for escalating tensions in the drug war in recent months, as evidenced by a rash of kidnappings and some 450 murders to date — including dozens of local Mexican cops. The causes are complex and layered, ranging from widespread political and law enforcement corruption, to turf battles among rival narco-trafficking cells, to increased street-drug consumption (ie., cheap heroin) to the frustration that comes with the desperation of poverty. More
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A second congressman has called on the FBI to take another look at the case of the so-called ‘Smiley-Face’ killers after a 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS investigation revealed new details about the case late last month. “It has come to my attention that recent press reports indicate new evidence linking the drowning deaths of a large number of college-aged men across the country,” Rep. Michael R. McNulty, D-NY, wrote in a letter to the FBI earlier this month.
“I am aware that the FBI investigated this matter previously, but it appears that some of these cases may be linked. In light of this new evidence, I respectfully request that the FBI re-open its investigation.” McNulty is the second member of congress to contact the FBI regarding the case. At the beginning of May, Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., R-Wisconsin, made a similar request of the FBI after seeing our investigation on the national news. Read more
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