Has Mexico Had Enough?

[Elderberry]

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog

Mexico has long suffered from drug cartel violence, at least since the demise of Colombian cartels in the 1990s. Various cartels seem to hold sway over different parts of Mexico, as tracked by this fairly up-to-date map from Wikipedia, the source of all vaguely accurate knowledge.



Half of those cartels I’ve never even heard of.

Ordinary Mexican citizens have regularly put up with levels of violence and government dysfunction that no American citizens (well, aside from those in deep blue cities who keep voting for that very thing) would put up, partially because of widespread belief that both Mexico’s government, and PRI and PAN, are in the pockets of the cartels. But that might finally be changing

    Thousands of demonstrators marched in the Mexican capital on Saturday to protest against violent crime and President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government.

I just want to observe how unlikely “Claudia Sheinbaum” is for the name of a Mexican president.

    Sheinbaum said the marches, which also took place in other cities, had been funded by right-wing politicians who oppose her government.

    The rally was organised by Gen Z youth groups, drawing support from citizens protesting against high-profile killings, including the assassination just weeks ago of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo – who had called for tough action against cartels.

    Demonstrators dismantled parts of a barrier protecting the National Palace, where Sheinbaum lives. Police protecting the compound used tear gas on the crowds.

    Authorities have arrested 20 people for crimes including robbery and assault, Mexico City security chief Pablo Vazquez told reporters.

    Protesters waved banners displaying messages including “We are all Carlos Manzo”, while others wore cowboy hats in tribute to him.

This isn’t the first protest against cartel violence, but it may be the first to reach the center of government.

    Manzo was shot on 1 November while he attended a Day of the Dead festival.

    He was known for speaking openly about drug-trafficking gangs in his town and cartel violence.

    He had been demanding tough action against armed cartel members who terrorise the country.

The cartels are not shy about murdering their critics in Mexico, frequently with a considerable bit of torture first.

And of course, the whole point of the cartels is to export drugs into the lucrative market of the United States.Here’s a story from Houston today.

More: https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=68775

[Cyber Liberty]

"The People" are tired of it, but almost everybody in their government are on the payroll of some cartel.

[Fishrrman]

I'm wondering if even the Mexican military could defeat the cartels... after a coup and takeover of the government.

Sooner or later, it's going to be up to the USA to do the job the Mexicans wouldn't (or couldn't) do for themselves.

It won't be conventional or clean.
But there will by that time be no choice.

[Sighlass]

I wonder if half the population of Mexico is on the payroll... it is like the democrat party supporting big government, to keep it's power, except in Mexico, it is splintered into regions. 

[Wingnut]

MMGA

[rustynail]

¡Sí se Puede!

[libertybele]

I'm wondering if even the Mexican military could defeat the cartels... after a coup and takeover of the government.

Sooner or later, it's going to be up to the USA to do the job the Mexicans wouldn't (or couldn't) do for themselves.

It won't be conventional or clean.
But there will by that time be no choice.

Doubtful and how many in the MX gov't are in bed with the cartel??  They are huge and there are those in our country that are in bed with the cartel too. The cartel won't be defeated until  both sides of the fence have their hands off of the $$ they bring in. If you may recall Hillary's "'Fast and Furious"  .... some say it was a conspiracy theory.  I sure don't.

[berdie]

They might get enough when their tourist industry dries up enough. That is one of their number one money makers.

And it makes me sad for the people. Most of those people are poor as dirt and this won't help.

[corbe]

   Trump will never find another Zacharry Taylor.

[verga]

They might get enough when their tourist industry dries up enough. That is one of their number one money makers.

And it makes me sad for the people. Most of those people are poor as dirt and this won't help.

And not one second before.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Part of the problem is Mexico's gun laws.  Only the Government and the criminals can arm themselves.  Law-abiding citizens cannot legally obtain the firearms they need to defend themselves and to carry out vigilante justice.