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How the U.S. Triggered a Massacre in Mexico (2017)
- carnitas 5y agoBy not legalizing drugs the USA is directly responsible for the violence in Mexico.
- barelysapient 5y agoYes, and every American that purchases illegal drugs are fractionally but indirectly responsible for the deaths of 150,000 Mexican civilians. [1] We should also remember this death toll doesn’t count civilians from other countries, such as Colombia, where narco violence has also had a terrible cost on civilian life. [1] https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/criminal-violence-mexico https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/crimina...
- netizen-936824 5y agoIf people could get drugs through regulated channels, cartels wouldn't even exist in the first place. Its the CSA that created the massive organized crime machine
- djohnston 5y agoNot sure if you're being sarcastic, but they're obviously not directly responsible for murders in Mexico unless they're pulling the trigger, which they aren't.
- masonic 5y agoAlthough this happened during Obama's first term, they didn't publish about it until the Trump administration. Why would that be?
- PickledHotdog 5y agoPuritans ruining it for the rest of us again