By Douglas V. Gibbs
Voters in Mexico have been afraid to cast ballots. The violence of the seemingly unstoppable cartels haunts the voters. The violence has left a number of candidates assassinated, and thousands of troops and federal police are poised to work their way back into control of territory currently controlled by drug traffickers.
In addition to the violence from the drug cartels, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, a.k.a. PRI, is enjoying a resurgence. The tyrannical party ruled Mexico for 71 years, using coercion and corruption to maintain control in their veiled dictatorship. PRI is favored to win in most of the 12 states in the Mexican elections, and are expected to regain the presidency in 2012, 12 years after losing it.
Mexico's drug war, should PRI regain control, will change its complexion as corruption digs deeper into the government, and the threat of the war crossing the border into America becomes more prominent.
Evidence that the war is crossing the border into the United States is already exposing itself.
A few days ago a gun battle between Mexican suspects and Mexican police left seven bullet holes in the El Paso City Hall.
The cross-border gunfire is proof that the United States is under assault from illegal activity spilling through a porous border.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
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Mexican gun battle spills over into El Paso - Examiner
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