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You are describing the worst. This policy already happened, and the cartels already transformed. > Since Calderón launched his military strategy against organi

You are describing the worst. This policy already happened, and the cartels already transformed. > Since Calderón launched his military strategy against organized crime, there was an alarming increase in violent deaths related to organized crime: more than 15,000 people died in suspected drug cartel attacks since it was launched at the end of 2006.[62] More than 5,000 people were murdered in Mexico in 2008,[63] followed by 9,600 murders in 2009; 2010 saw more than 15,000 homicides across the country.[64] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_drug_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_drug_war

makeitdouble 4y ago
> the Mexican theater of the global war on drugs, as led by the U.S. federal government Fuck no...the same useless war framing exported to neighbor countries, getting the military involved and bearing thousand of deaths from there. I'm mildly pissed at banks trying to track every single of my transactions and making it so difficult to move money between countries, or even open accounts without dozens of papers proving squeaky cleanness, but at least it looks like an effort in the right direction that could have an effect on the cost of illegal transactions. This war thing iin comparison is such a mess.