Author Archives: Pete Guither

This is a pretty amazing story. Ascension Alverez-Tejeda and his girlfriend drove up to a traffic light. As the light turned green, the car in front of them lurched forward, then stalled. Alverez-Tejeda managed to stop in time, but the … Continue reading →

If you’ve had a hard time really understanding what the dynamics are in Colombia politically and how they relate to the drug war, this opinion piece from the Council on Hemispheric Affairs gives an excellent analysis.

Here’s another one that makes you slam your head against a wall. While acknowledging that police made a mistake in bursting into the wrong apartment for a drug raid, Annapolis Mayor Ellen O. Moyer yesterday cautioned that the city needs … Continue reading →

This is rich. A botched drug raid led to a five-day suspension for the officer who failed to verify the address before a forced entry raid. Now you might think that a five-day suspension is outrageously light for subjecting innocent … Continue reading →

The headline says it all: At least 47 dead in 1 week; killings linked to drug war Mexico violence leaves President blaming U.S. market You know, there are times when I’d like to blame the law of gravity for something … Continue reading →

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The word is that Colombian President Uribe is going to face new challenges when facing a Democratic House as he lobbies for more drug war funding. Chris Kraul writes in the Los Angeles Times: When Republicans were in control of … Continue reading →

Your tax dollars at work. Decades of taxpayer money spent, poor farmers’ lives ruined, excessive violence… And drug war success in Colombia is measured this way… The results of the 2006 U.S. Government survey of cultivation in Colombia indicate that … Continue reading →

You cannot fight a military war against drugs. All that you will do is destroy your own country. Three Mexican army officers and 16 soldiers were ordered detained Monday in connection with the weekend shooting deaths of two women and … Continue reading →

“bullet” thehim’s Shooting Fish in a Barrel discusses a High School undercover operation (where the officer approaches students asking them to procure drugs for them) and just how ridiculous it is to assume that arrests in that situation have any … Continue reading →