Posts Tagged ‘War on Drugs’
February 1st, 2010 by Matt Lindsey
Morning Sky – Poem for Juarez
Clouds of fire descend on my city,
dismantle the tension of the darkness,
silence the night-howling.
January 2nd, 2010 by Matt Lindsey
Mornings in Juarez
The world is full of miserable places. One way of living comfortably is not to think about them or, when you do, to send money. Tracy Kidder – Mountains beyond Mountains Its 5:23 and the alarm on my cell phone is set to sound its melodious tune in 7 minutes, but I have been laying [...]
November 4th, 2009 by Matt Lindsey
in-between
Dead leaves, crushed without a thought
of the life that had once blazed within the veins of the
delicate skeletons, only move now with the
wind and the boots and the shoes; marionette puppets,
lifeless and broken.
July 4th, 2009 by Matt Lindsey
Boots on the Ground
The operation’s staffing level remains at 7,500 soldiers and 2,300 federal police officers, Torres said… Deaths had dropped to around one or two a day in March but are now averaging about seven homicides daily. More than 130 people have been killed so far this month. More than 2,300 people have been killed since January [...]
June 10th, 2009 by mmlindsey
The Desert Flux
Living on the border of the U.S. and Mexico is like living in a constant state of flux. Leaving Mexico requires a Mexican military checkpoint, then usually after an incredibly long wait, a U.S. checkpoint. Driving into Mexico these days means that you will first be checked by the U.S. Border Patrol, then Mexican Fed/Border [...]
April 24th, 2009 by mmlindsey
War on Drugs?
We came across this super interesting video on El Paso’s online newspaper. It is a commentary about the so-called “War on Drugs” from a veteran reporter who has been working the streets of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. The video is 63 seconds long and worth your time. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOtgCTm78eM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fnewspapertree%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded]
April 2nd, 2010 by Matt Lindsey