Mexican mayor gunned down after being sworn in

[Wildhundreds]

If mexico was an African country it would be declared no flight zone, no travel zone and a failed state.

People still vacation there and they kill plenty of tourists yearly

Funny how perception works. If cacs say it's ok it's ok.

So simple, yet accurate.. Rep..

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

The police are the cartels so it’s funny when I read these articles and they talking about doing an investigation.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

Why run for office if you don't have a cartel supporting you?

They probably were supporting him. There's nothing that moves in the government that the cartel doesn't know about- the syndicates probably controls more than half of the gdp through drug trafficking. Likely scenario is that he got into the position with their assistance but decided not to abide by their rules and didn't follow protocol.

 

[Mike Nasty]

The police are the cartels so it’s funny when I read these articles and they talking about doing an investigation.

Somewhere in this 42min story he says just that "They are Police by day and at night they take off their uniforms and they are the Cartel"......"How do I know? Cause they fukking told me as they held me hostage!!!!!"

 

[Beer Drinker]

All Mexican officials are corrupt. Cartels likely put him in position to be Mayor, then he didn't keep up his end of the bargain by playing ball.

I ain't saying you wrong, but didn't play ball? My man was in route to the office. They ain't even give him a chance to suit up

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

Make the drugs legal and the cartels will lose power overnight.

I think it would turn into even more of a bloodbath. Right now at least the cartels have a monopoly over the industry- they control what goes in and comes out. At the height of it, they control at least 80% of cocaine leaving/entering the U.S. I don't think they're giving up that type of control that easily. They control the price, supply, distribution - that's even more a reason to wipe out the competition at a greater rate. Think of for example, the Juarez cartel like a Fortune 500 company- (i.e. Amazon).. you think they're going to allow the govt to come in and say- you have to break up into different factions to allow for even distribution. Keep in mind, also, they've been in operation since the 70s- we're talking billions of dollars in income.

 

[hayesc0]

I think it would turn into even more of a bloodbath. Right now at least the cartels have a monopoly over the industry- they control what goes in and comes out. At the height of it, they control at least 80% of cocaine leaving/entering the U.S. I don't think they're giving up that type of control that easily. They control the price, supply, distribution - that's even more a reason to wipe out the competition at a greater rate. Think of for example, the Juarez cartel like a Fortune 500 company- (i.e. Amazon).. you think they're going to allow the govt to come in and say- you have to break up into different factions to allow for even distribution. Keep in mind, also, they've been in operation since the 70s- we're talking billions of dollars in income.

I disagree American corporations would jump all over this shyt if it was legal in the us they wouldn't have no customers.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

I ain't saying you wrong, but didn't play ball? My man was in route to the office. They ain't even give him a chance to suit up

It's not always about him or the person they allowed into office - most of the time, it's to send a message to those that think they might be untouchable. The official that was killed, could have people in his ear, trying to sway his decisions. In that situation, it may not have been about him specifically, but to send a message to anyone that opposes - this is a potential outcome.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

I disagree American corporations would jump all over this shyt if it was legal in the us they wouldn't have no customers.

You may be right. But I'm just saying that it's more at stake than you think. American corporations and agencies already play a role in drug sales/distribution. Narco trafficking is not limited to Mexico or Colombia despite what American media puts out there.

 

[hayesc0]

You may be right. But I'm just saying that it's more at stake than you think. American corporations and agencies already play a role in drug sales/distribution. Narco trafficking is not limited to Mexico or Colombia despite what American media puts out there.

No doubt it comes from other places but those are the main sources and it would be like cutting the head off the snake imo.

 

[shadowking]

Somewhere in this 42min story he says just that "They are Police by day and at night they take off their uniforms and they are the Cartel"......"How do I know? Cause they fukking told me as they held me hostage!!!!!"

32nd min.

Best start from 20. It's really good

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

No doubt it comes from other places but those are the main sources and it would be like cutting the head off the snake imo.

I remember reading an article - here's the link. It talks about both of our points. (just an fyi- we both have some validity). Reduction in drug distribution, has reduced the numbers and cut into their profits but the violence is still an issue.
Legalizing Drugs Won't Stop Mexico's Brutal Cartels
"But would legalization really work? With each day that passes, it looks like it wouldn’t be enough, for one overarching reason: The cartels are becoming less like traffickers and more like mafias. The cartels are becoming less like traffickers and more like mafias. Their currency is no longer just cocaine, methamphetamines, or heroin, though they earn revenue from each of these products. As they have grown in size and ambition, like so many big multinational corporations, they have diversified. The cartels are now active in all types of illicit markets, not just drugs.

The legalizers, a group that includes former heads of state from Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, largely agree with this comprehensive approach. Trying to cut supply without cutting demand is a losing game, they argue. Their recommendations call for the normalization of drugs (that is, legalization of possession linked with public-health regulation), including cocaine.
That would almost certainly hurt the cartels, but it probably wouldn’t be enough, counters Mazzitelli of the UNODC. "Legalization is a fake solution to the problem of security,"
Worldwide, the cocaine market today is worth about half as much as it was just 15 years ago — $88 billion compared with $165 billion in 1995.

This would be excellent news — if it weren’t for some alarming trends going in the other direction. As the cocaine trade through Mexico has fallen dramatically, the violence here has risen remarkably"

 

[Cave Savage]

If mexico was an African country it would be declared no flight zone, no travel zone and a failed state.

People still vacation there and they kill plenty of tourists yearly

Funny how perception works. If cacs say it's ok it's ok.

Nobody thinks Mexico is safe

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

I’d support full legalization of every drug (except for weed)!but only if they are administered in controlled locations.

Don’t support people shooting up etc with access to public.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

Interesting fact:
Mexico has a poor record of holding criminals to account for all manner of improper activity — from trafficking to homicide to regular old theft. "You have all these arrests and more than 40,000 deaths, but we don’t have anybody arrested and investigated successfully," says McKay, the security consultant. Most police departments in the United States and Canada, he notes, have an 80 to 90 percent "solve rate" of finding the alleged perpetrator. "In Mexico it’s almost zero."

That means 98% of the 27,500 murders in Mexico went unsolved.

In two Mexican states, Hidalgo and Tlaxcala, not a single homicide case resulted in a sentence, and In San Luis Potosi, 99.6% of homicide cases have not been resolved; in Sinalao, 99.2%; in Chihuahua, 98.3%.
40K deaths and no one is getting arrested for murder?? Cartels paying off the police and govt. like it's pocket change from their petty cash reserves..