none of the heads belong to tourists

Acapulco, Mexico. Friday, two severed heads found. Thursday, one severed head found on the stairs of City Hall. None of the heads belong to tourists.

Border Issues

Article IV, Section 4 of the United States Constitution:  "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion and against domestic Violence."

Mexico's Cartels Escalate Drug War

Gangs enlist militias, whose tactics include beheadings, in battles over smuggling routes.

Invasion USA -- Mexican drug cartels take over U.S. cities

Gangs buy businesses, politicians, power, police departments.

a better idea than machine-readable biometric identity cards for migrant workers

Proposal to implant RFID tracking tags in migrant workers.

Life on a troubled frontier

An interesting report of what is happening along the 1,952 mile southern border from the Gulf of Mexico to the beach at California.

U.S. offers 5M for reputed cartel chief

"AP - The United States Thursday offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the capture of a reputed Mexican drug cartel chieftain, whose group allegedly smuggles tons of cocaine and marijuana north each year."