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06-25-2010, 07:15 PM
Nogales, Arizona (CNN) -- Mario Morales keeps his Commando assault rifle propped up on the seat of his patrol vehicle. The car snakes along a dirt road about a half-mile from the Mexican border.
He's always kept the rifle within arm's reach. But in recent weeks, staying armed at all times has taken on a new urgency: Mexican cartels have issued death threats against the police on the Nogales force.
His car rolls to a stop. Morales steps out and points to a nearby hillside where a rusty fence cuts through the desert landscape, separating the United States from Mexico.
"I would not doubt it right now -- we're being watched," Morales says.
At 51, Morales is a member of the Nogales Police Department's SWAT team. He's patrolled the community since he was 20. Over the past three decades, he's seen this region in southeastern Arizona become a drug corridor for Mexican cartels.
LINK (http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/24/cartel.threat.border.town/index.html?hpt=C2)
Besides the obvious "commando assault rifle" retardation, it seems the cartels are becoming bold enough to not only target police officers, but to publicly announce they are targeting our police officers. Yet we get absolutely nothing from Chairman Zero.
On a lighter note, I think this is the reference passed out in journalism school.
http://blog.robballen.com/images/saam/journalistguide.jpg
Where do I get my "commando assault rifle"?
He's always kept the rifle within arm's reach. But in recent weeks, staying armed at all times has taken on a new urgency: Mexican cartels have issued death threats against the police on the Nogales force.
His car rolls to a stop. Morales steps out and points to a nearby hillside where a rusty fence cuts through the desert landscape, separating the United States from Mexico.
"I would not doubt it right now -- we're being watched," Morales says.
At 51, Morales is a member of the Nogales Police Department's SWAT team. He's patrolled the community since he was 20. Over the past three decades, he's seen this region in southeastern Arizona become a drug corridor for Mexican cartels.
LINK (http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/24/cartel.threat.border.town/index.html?hpt=C2)
Besides the obvious "commando assault rifle" retardation, it seems the cartels are becoming bold enough to not only target police officers, but to publicly announce they are targeting our police officers. Yet we get absolutely nothing from Chairman Zero.
On a lighter note, I think this is the reference passed out in journalism school.
http://blog.robballen.com/images/saam/journalistguide.jpg
Where do I get my "commando assault rifle"?