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Mexican Forces Kill Nation's Most-Wanted Cartel Boss
- cindyllm 8mo ago[dead]
- F7F7F7 8mo agoI imagine that if the U.S. assisted in any meaningful way ala the search for Escobar in Columbia we probably would have heard it by now.
- nsvd2 8mo agoFrom TFA: The Mexican government said the United States had contributed intelligence that aided the operation against Mr. Oseguera.
- Gualdrapo 8mo agoColombia*
- testfrequency 8mo agoThe US confirmed they’re involved. They provided intel, and there’s speculation the Mexican Army was also using american weapons.
- NedF 8mo ago[dead]
- joshcsimmons 8mo agoPuerto Vallarta is on fire - seeing tons of videos on my timeline.
- TacticalCoder 8mo agoApparently as "retaliation" from the cartel because their boss was killed. Where do you draw the line? At what point do you decide to go full El Salvador / Bukele on violent cartel members who are willing to put cities on fire when they cannot human and drug traffic at will? When is enough enough?
- nradov 8mo agoDeciding is one thing, carrying out the decision is another. The Mexican government and security forces have been heavily compromised by the cartels for years. Some of the smaller law enforcement actions are a form of "kayfabe". Even if President Sheinbaum gives the order, there may not be enough honest and loyal personnel to carry it out. Mexico is a failed state. We can argue about who bears responsibility but that is the reality today.
- hattmall 8mo agoI don't think that's possible in Mexico. There's too much power in the logistical networks that move things into the US. The demand is too great. Even if you kill every drug trafficker and gang member alive today and create huge prosperity the void will be filled by someone and they will be adversarial to the government and they will have to use extra judicial violence to enforce their position. The cartel's presence in Mexico is extremely muted relative to their power.
- rand846633 8mo agoJust purely as a hypothetical thought exercise I wonder how infiltrated the US gov is by cartels.
- morserer 8mo agoProbably none. I grew up in Mexico--spending a few years in or near Puerto Vallarta, specifically, funnily enough--and the M.O. of the cartel is overwhelmingly geared towards keeping a VERY low profile. Their whole purpose is to be quiet and subtle. For every "loud" cartel action in MX, there are twenty that you never see, and then ten that exist as different recyclings and exaggerations and attack ads in the US to (now) perpetuate the current administration's favorite scapegoat, or (then) to prevent people from emigrating from the US. It's been like that since '07 or so: take a story from Ciudad Juárez or Tamaulipas, then magnify it and convince Americans that the entire country is like that, so that they don't pay attention to the fact that they could get cheaper healthcare, out of pocket, by driving across the border to an equally well-equipped hospital... than they would for the cost of a single ambulance ride in the States... while living in a house that cost 10-100 times more than a house of the same size and quality across the border. All the while, the cartel hums happily along, truly wanting absolutely nothing to do with you. Fear sells, and fear controls. Just like whatever series of headlines got you wanting to believe that they've infiltrated the American govt. ;)
- m4rtink 8mo agoHow does this usually work - they just set some cars on fire to prove a point and demonstrate they are "doing something" and then just switch to the next boss that comes out of the secession fight ? Or is it more complicated or nuanced ?
- ocruzv 8mo agoHi! I live in Guadalajara (City that was also on fire that day). They burn cars and big trucks to complicate the transit for the authorities and try to make more complicated to send reinforcements At least that is what the people that is supposed to be more "informed" says
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- foogazi 8mo agoMost-Wanted Cartel Boss so far
- JasonADrury 8mo agoAnd thousands more will die due to the fully predictable and justified retaliation that follows. This doesn't meaningfully weaken the cartels, but forces them to respond in order to not compromise future safety. Prioritizing showy executions over actual progress, words that should describe the cartels, not the government.
- echoangle 8mo ago> justified retaliation I don’t see how it would be justified. Do you think the cartels are in the right here?
- djohnston 8mo agoHe probably sees them as marginalised POC bravely feeding their families under the thumb of American imperialism.
- JasonADrury 8mo ago[flagged]
- djohnston 8mo ago* Says Mexicans can't be POCs * * Calls me a neo-nazi * fantastic
- JasonADrury 8mo ago[flagged]
- IAmBroom 8mo agoJasonADrury: I mean fuck, the silly European me thought that Mexicans were mostly white. They sure as hell mostly look like Europeans to me. djohnston: * Says Mexicans can't be POCs * DJ really overstated it, but yes: you are a silly European. Most Mexicans have a substantial Native American heritage, and aren't considered "white" by most USians. The richer Mexicans you may have encountered traveling to Europe are more upperclass whitebre(a)d, mostly Spanish bloodlines. djohnston: * Calls me a neo-nazi * JasonADrury: > Is this some weird neo-Nazi trope you subscribe to? You are guilty as charged. DJ's reading comprehension is fine.
- tibbydudeza 8mo agoAs long as Mexico shares a border with the US the biggest consumer of such recreational drugs and poverty in Mexico there will always be drug cartels. It is basically whack-a-mole killing or imprisoning cartel heads - there will be splinter factions and you will just get three just as nasty ones in it's place.
- quickthrowman 8mo agoAgreed, it’s a demand-side problem. The profit potential is so great that someone will smuggle drugs into the US, no matter the risk.
- roger110 8mo agoThere's always huge demand for illegal things, doesn't mean a such a powerful market forms
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