Disappearances rise on Mexico's 'highway of death' to border

[rangerrebew]

Disappearances rise on Mexico's 'highway of death' to border
MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press
June 26, 2021
Updated: June 26, 2021 4:22 p.m.
 
 

MEXICO CITY (AP) — As many as 50 people are missing after setting out on three-hour car trips this year between Mexico's industrial hub of Monterrey and the border city of Nuevo Laredo on a well-traveled stretch of road local media have dubbed “the highway of death.”

Relatives say family members simply vanished. The disappearances, and last week’s shooting of 15 apparently innocent bystanders in Reynosa, suggest Mexico is returning to the dark days of the 2006-2012 drug war when cartel gunmen often targeted the general public as well as one another.
 

“It’s no longer between the cartels; they are attacking the public,” said activist Angelica Orozco.

https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Disappearances-rise-on-Mexico-s-highway-of-16276200.php

[Fishrrman]

I've posted this before, years ago, in this forum, I will restate:

At some point in the future, the United States is going to have to invade Mexico and use military force to rout out and destroy the cartels.

Not because we want to.
But because by then there will be no other alternative.