ACAPULCO, Mekiko - He ʻumikūmāwalu mau kānaka i pepehi ʻia i ka pana ʻana ma waena o nā hui lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā koa ma ke kahakai kahakai ʻo Acapulco, ua ʻōlelo ka pūʻali koa i ka Lāpule.
ʻO ke kaua pū, ma kahi kokoke i nā hōkele mākaʻikaʻi ma ka Moana Pākīpika, he mea hou ia i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Mekiko, ke ʻā nei i ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana e nā haole i makaʻu ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi puaʻa.
Ua hakakā nā kānaka pū i nā pūʻali mai kahi hale palekana cartel, e hoʻolei ana i nā grenades lima i nā koa i hoʻopuni iā lākou a e puhi i nā pū i nā kaʻa koa a me nā hale kokoke. Ua hoʻomaka ka pana ʻana i ka pō Pōʻaono a hoʻomau a hiki i ke aumoe.
"He mau grenade a me nā pahū pōhaku, a me nā mea kaua e like me AK-47," wahi a kekahi limahana o kahi hōkele kokoke. "Ua kokoke ʻelua hola ka hakakā ʻana."
Ua pepehi ʻia he ʻumikūmāono mau lālā i manaʻo ʻia o ka hui lāʻau lapaʻau ʻo Beltran Leyva a me ʻelua mau koa, me kahi kāpena.
ʻO ka Pelekikena Mekiko ʻo Felipe Calderon, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kāna pelekikena no ka luku ʻana i nā hui lāʻau lapaʻau i pepehi ʻia e nā kaua turf ma kahi o 2,300 mau kānaka i kēia makahiki. Ua hoʻonoho ʻia kekahi mau pūʻali koa 45,000 a me nā mākaʻi federal ma ka ʻāina.
ʻOiai he mau mile ka mamao o ka hakakā mai ka wahi nui kahi e noho ai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi haole ma nā hōkele kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ke ala hou ʻana o ka hana ʻino ma Acapulco he lono maikaʻi loa ia no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua hakakā nā pūʻulu lāʻau hoʻokūkū ma luna o ka ʻāina ma Acapulco, ka home o kahi miliona miliona, i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, akā ʻaʻole manuahi ka hale hoʻokipa i ka hana ʻino i nā makahiki i hala.
ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi, kahi ʻoihana koʻikoʻi no Mexico, ua paʻa i ka hopena o ʻApelila a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Mei i ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi H1N1 ma Mexico a makaʻu i nā huakaʻi.
ʻO ka hoʻomāinoino e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma Mexico ua hōʻino i ka manaʻo o ka mea hoʻopukapuka kālā a ke hopohopo nei ke aupuni US e pili ana i ka instability ma Mexico, kona hoa pili a me kahi mea hoʻolako aila nui.
Ua kipa aku ʻo Pelekikena Barack Obama i Mexico City i ʻApelila, hoʻomaikaʻi iā Calderon no ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i nā pūʻulu lāʻau lapaʻau a hāʻawi hou aku i ke kōkua US i ke kaua.
Ua hōʻeha ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā hōkele kahakai ʻo Mekiko, e like me Cancun a me Ixtapa.
ʻO ka hui Beltran Leyva, nā mea hoʻokūkū o ka cartel Sinaloa ikaika, ua manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomalu i ke kālepa lāʻau lapaʻau a puni ʻo Acapulco, kahi wahi kaulana no ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā haumāna kulanui o ʻAmelika.
