Monthly Archives: January 2016

Why Cartels Are Killing Mexico’s Mayors

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I found this article on the New York Times website

This article about the Mexican cartels killing their mayors.

 

In mexico city on January 2, a team of hired killers set off for the home of 33-year-old Gisela Mota, who only hours before had been sworn in as the first female mayor of Temixco, a sleepy spa town an hour from Mexico City. Ms. Mota was still in her pajamas as the men approached her parents house. She was in the bedroom but most of her family was in the front room, looking over a newborn baby. As the family prepared a bottle for the baby , the assassins smashed the door open. to find out what the noise was, Ms. Mota came out of her bedroom and said firmly, “I am Gisela.” In front of her terrified family, the men beat Ms. Mota and shot her several times, killing her.

 

In 2009, American agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration got intelligence on where  Mr. Beltrán Leyvas is . The D.E.A. gave the address to Mexican marines — an elite American-trained force — who stormed in, killing Mr. Beltrán Leyva and four of his accomplices. A senior D.E.A. official told me they paid their informant a $5 million reward for the information that led to the takedown — taxpayer money spent to try and win the drug war.

Barack Obama: Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility

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I found this article from the New York Times magazine.

This article is about Obamas opinion on  the epidemic of gun violence in our country as a crisis.

“A national crisis like this demands a national response” Obama said. Reducing gun violence yes, will be hard. It’s clear that common-sense gun using won’t happen during this Congress. and gun violence still goes on as obama stays in presidency. Still, there are steps we can take now to save lives. And everybody at every level of government, in the private sector and as citizens — have to do their part. Everybody has to do their part and have a responsibility.

Obama says that,Even as he continues to take every action possible as president, he will also take every action he can as a citizen. He will not campaign for, vote for or support any candidate, even in his own party, who does not support common-sense gun reform. And if the 90 percent of americans who do support common-sense gun reforms join him, he will elect the leadership we deserve.

I agree with Obama as we all need to have leadership and commonsense while using guns. We all have a right to use and own guns, and that right should not be taken away from us.