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It's pretty crazy how there's been this shit happening in Mexico for *13* fucking years and no one has reported the whole story even though it's entirely out in the open. And now it's the dumbest, sloppiest people who aren't even trying to be sneaky about it. And still nothing.
In 2007 Gov. Rick Perry appoints Fred Burton to the head of the Border Security Council. Fred Burton is a former cop and Diplomatic Security Service guy who worked at private intelligence firm Stratfor. They're like a private CIA for corporate clients. 
2007 is also when Felipe Calderon begins his military offensive against the drug cartels in Mexico. This is when the violence in Mexico fucking explodes. (h/t @Stratfor for the graph).
