Rise of the Preppers: America’s New Survivalists – Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in December 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Disasters, Favorites, Shelters, Argentina, Chile, Crisis Hits, Disaster Strike, fallout-shelter, Gangs, invasion, Mexico, New Mom, Newsweek, Nuclear War Scenario, Preppers, Southwest, survival, Survival Kit, Survival Problems, Survival Strategy, Survivalists, Term Survival, United States, Uruguay, Water Filtration

Lisa Bedford is one of the new survivalists. She’s a normal mom, but is very concerned about the things she’s seeing. Her family is preparing for the worst.
Do you have a sense that something is wrong? Are you thinking that you need some kind of survival kit for an emergency?
If you feel that you [...]

A Gun Battle in Mexican Resort

Posted by Matt in June 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Crime, Mexico, Acapulco, Army Soldiers, Cartel, Drug War, Drugs, Fears, Flu, Gangs, Gun Battle, Outbreak, Slump, State Department Travel, State Department Travel Advisory, Swine Flu, Tourism In Mexico, Tourist Industry

The battle between 200 army soldiers and a cartel enforcer gang in the middle of a Mexican resort [in Acapulco] may deal another blow against the country’s tourist industry, which is reeling from fears generated by the outbreak of swine flu in April. Tourism in Mexico has been in a slump since spring, when a [...]

When the Mexican Drug Trade Hits the Border

Posted by Matt in April 15th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Mexico, Cartel, Drug Traffickers, Fred Burton, Gang Involvement, Gangs, Gaps, Interdiction, Latin American, Mexican Cartels, Move Product, Narcotics, Parcels, Retail Distribution, Retail Level, Retail Market, Smuggler, Southern Mexico, Tonnage, Trafficking, Violence In Mexico, Wholesale Shipments

By Fred Burton and Ben West at Stratfor.Com
For several years now, STRATFOR has been closely monitoring the growing violence in Mexico and its links to the drug trade. In December, our cartel report assessed the situation in Mexico, and two weeks ago we looked closely at the networks that control the flow of drugs through [...]

Mexican collapse? Drug wars worry some Americans

Posted by Matt in January 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Mexico, Array, Biggest Security Risks, Collapse, Drug Wars, Failed State, Gangs, Government Agents, iraq, Mexico, Pakistan

Indiscriminate kidnappings. Nearly daily beheadings. Gangs that mock and kill government agents.
This isn’t Iraq or Pakistan. It’s Mexico, which the U.S. government and a growing number of experts say is becoming one of the world’s biggest security risks.
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South Africa: Cops vs gangs – who is winning?

Posted by Matt in December 5th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Africa, Crime, general, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Array, Bishop Lavis, Cape Flats, Cape Town, Cops, Famous Mobsters, Flare Ups, Gang Related, Gang Related Violence, Gang Violence, Gang War, Gangs, Murders, People, Police Station, Ross Kemp, Ross Kemp On Gangs, Sky One, South Africa, Suburb, Superintendent, Town Residents, Ups, Violent Incidents

Police have assured Cape Town residents they have gang-related violence under control.
This comes after recent flare-ups, such as those in Bishop Lavis, where 13 people had been murdered.
The violent incidents in the Cape Flats suburb did not constitute the onset of a full-scale gang war, they said.
Speaking at the weekly police briefing in Bishop Lavis [...]

Gangs of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Posted by Matt in December 5th, 2008 | no comment

Published in general, Authorities, Brazil Rio, Captive Audience, City Of God, Combat Photographers, Confrontation, De Janeiro Brazil, Death Toll, Drug Gang, Drug Lords, Famous Mobsters, Favela, Favelas, Fernando Meirelles, Gangs, Gangs of Rio de Janeiro, Jeff Shannon, Office Gold, Police Officers, Police Operations, Prestigious Awards, Rio Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro Brazil, Rio De Janeiro Time, Rio Janeiro, Slums, Subject Head, Theage, Theage Com Au, Violent Explosion, War On Drugs, Worldwide Acclaim

War on Rio’s drug gang slums
The police in Rio de Janeiro are engaged in a war on drugs that the authorities are determined they should not lose.
In a single confrontation this week in one group of favelas, or slums, known as the German complex, at least 19 people were killed.
It was one of the biggest [...]