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Via Laura Rozen comes reference to a chilling piece by Sam Quinones in Foreign Policyon the drug smuggling violence that has escalated to a total state of war rivaling levels in Iraq. it is easy to forget what is going on just across the border. Easy, at least, until you take in Sam Quinones' tale:https://www.emptywheel.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Web-backup.jpg448448