Tijuana Street Drug Dealers Targeted

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Tijuana Street Drug Dealers Targeted

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Drug dealer Hector Rodriguez Estrada had a feeling he was next.

His boss was beaten to death and dumped in an empty lot, his teeth and fingers missing. Then one of Rodriguez’s underlings turned up in a soccer field, his head next to his body.

Rodriguez, 30, knew his enemies could only get him if he was asleep or high. But the thought made the longtime addict, who sold methamphetamine in his eastern Tijuana neighborhood, more jittery than usual.

“He felt like something was about to happen,” said his mother, Maria de la Luz Estrada.
With good reason.

Much attention is given Mexican drug cartels warring over lucrative transport routes to the U.S. But more and more, they’re battling for an exploding number of Mexican consumers, a market that barely existed a decade ago. While the U.S. is expected to remain the largest and most-coveted market, local consumers are a big and rapidly growing source of cash.

Click Here for The G Manifesto’s The Tijuana Report: There is a War going on Outside

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That makes street dealers like Rodriguez prime targets for assassins. Low-level sellers are easy prey for rivals seeking to expand turf, because they work openly on street corners without bodyguards or armored cars.

Drug dealers account for many of the 10,800 people killed since Mexican President Felipe Calderon began a crackdown on cartels in 2006 – particularly in border cities where the battles are fiercest. In Tijuana, they fill at least 90 percent of the body bags, according to top law enforcement officials.

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Click Here for The G Manifesto’s The Tijuana Report: There is a War going on Outside

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