U.S. - D.E.A. Squads Extend Reach of Drug War

[S.J.B.]

"WASHINGTON — Late on a moonless night last March, a plane smuggling nearly half a ton of cocaine touched down at a remote airstrip in Honduras. A heavily armed ground crew was waiting for it — as were Honduran security forces. After a 20-minute firefight, a Honduran officer was wounded and two drug traffickers lay dead."

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[Tchort]

I remember posting news stories about the origins of these paramilitary death-squads when they were first revealed to the public- of course as a necessary tool to ensure the safety of DEA personnel in an active war zone (sounds sensible, right?). We all knew then that was just a wedge to open the door. Now the US has its own Anglo - Los Pepes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Pepes

Nothing good can come of this.

 

[nickels]

Ridiculous. They'd be happy to take over the entire world in an insane V For Vendetta police state scenario.

 

[Tchort]

What's even more frightening is that these people are going to come back to the US, back to their local Narcotic Task Forces (regional DEA + local PD narc squad + SWAT weapons and tactics)- bringing with them the experience and methodology learned and perfected in a literal warzone. Like the contracting out to Blackwater ('Xe') of 'War On Drugs' operations in the US rather than hire more Federal narcs (a story that was largely ignored 4 years ago when it broke with little written about what they've been doing across the US since):

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/09/military_isr_narco_091407/