Would you believe…. terrorists?

The Leon Municipal police chief, Carlos Tornero Salinas, and the officer in charge of police training, Javier Haro, have been fired based on recommendations by Guanajuanto’s Human Rights Commission.  No word on what has happened to the Cuban-American and English trainers responsible for the abuses recorded on videos released to Mexican media.

The absurd excuse that Mexican cops were dealing with “terrorists” and needed counter-insurgency training took another hit yesterday.  A ridiculous story yesterday claiming that the DEA had information tying “Iranian terrorists” to Mexican drug exporters was denied by both the U.S. and Mexican officials. The timing of the original story was interesting… just as Homeland Security Oberfuhrer Michael Cherntoff was in Mexico. I don’t follow the logic — Iraqis have used automobiles filled with gasoline when attacking occupation forces, so a butane-tank in the back of a car set on fire in Cuilican somehow indicates an Iranian presence in Tamaulipas. C’mon.

The U.S. administration is having a hard enough time selling “anti-terrorism” to its own people.  Down here it’s just not working, but s I’ve predicted, the U.S. is trying to justify spending tax dollars for U.S. businesses selling “security services” in Mexico to terrorists in any way it can. I think they’re throwing up whatever they can (lately, claiming a Colombian drug smuggling mini-sub COULD carry middle-easterners to the United States …. yeah, though cocaine seems to be more profitable). Maybe I’m turning Mexican — bullshit almost makes sense if you believe it’s a gringo conspiracy of some kind.