Mexico: Grenade Attacks

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | September 25th, 2008 | Trackback

Two grenade attacks on an Independence Day celebration in Morelia suggest that warring drug cartels may begin targeting the general public in their campaigns against each other and the government. Most past attacks targeted rivals, police or soldiers, but this incident, which killed seven people and injured more than 100, points toward an ominous change in tactics. The government vowed to redouble efforts against the cartels while people in Mexico, in Michoacan state in particular, are feeling less secure.

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