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My dude, they kill people and hang them from bridges in northern mexico. They kidnapped a school bus of kids and slaughtered them. I realize the US has violen
by wing-_-nuts 4y ago
My dude, they kill people and hang them from bridges in northern mexico. They kidnapped a school bus of kids and slaughtered them.
I realize the US has violence as well, but at least it's usually one deranged guy, or two gangbangers that have a beef. In mexico it's organized violence. This isn't the work of one crazy guy, it's the work of an organization which does it to terrorize the local population.
Seriously. Go look at the US state department guidelines for travel to various Mexican provinces. This is not just something that's overhyped in the media. If the state department is telling you that you should not visit large swaths of mexico, that's a stone sober assessment based on real evidence.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/mexico-travel-advisory.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/...
- notch656a 4y agoI mean the US has organized violence too. A couple instances that come to mind are the MOVE bombing where Philadelphia PD bombed 5 children, and Waco where the ATF/FBI employment of dangerous CS canisters appears to have caused 26 children to burn alive. Photos of the aftermath show agents proudly standing over the rubble of the dead children.
- wing-_-nuts 4y agohttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-staggering-death-toll-of-mexicos-drug-war/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-staggering-de...
- notch656a 4y agoI would describe a large portion of that as linked to the organized criminals in the US legislative and executive branch creating wildly profitable incentives for drug cartels.