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I don't quite understand why the US and Mexico haven't teamed up on this issue. From what I understand the cartels are a huge force in Mexico that need a military to deal with. The US should be able to provide support in the form of intelligence, funding, etc. Maybe even feet on the ground. It would benefit both countries a lot.
Because if the US gets rid of the problem, we don’t have a convenient ‘other’ enemy to point to when we want to dump money into the military or give an excuse for MAGAts to attack Mexican-Americans.
Because then we wouldn’t have an excuse to invade Mexico. And make no mistake, he wants us to invade Mexico. Fascists need wars and ‘other’ enemies in order to keep people in their borders distracted and supportive.
Canada is in danger too. His handlers need a war and they want resources, and Canada has a lot of natural resources to plunder.
But he’ll go for Mexico first because it’s filled with brown people who we’ve been told are all terrorists who sneak over the border to take our jobs. It’s an easier target.
They just did. You really should pay attention to the criticisms and progress parts. You see, the right-wing government imposed by the bipartisan, vassal-to-the-USA regime we had until 2018 had as head of public security a guy who is now jailed for drug trafficking in the USA.
American media love to say these are "Mexican cartels", but we believe they are international organizations with a firm structure based in the USA too, and if I'm being honest, I believe at least some "Mexican cartel druglords" are in the CIA and DEA payrolls.
It's also interesting to see how this Merida Initiative correlated with the homicide rate in Mexico, during the same period of time it was active (2007-2021). In 2007 we had ~9 homicides per 100,000 people, by 2021 the homicide rate peaked at ~29.
Thanks! I wasn't aware of that.
Corruption, Mexico is practically ran by the Gangs, and America won't give up there Guns to save school children let alone a foreign nation pumping drugs across it's boarders, no matter your opinion this reaction to the US is because the cartels are pushing for it. The cartels might as well be a separate branch of the Mexican Government.
I think this varies depending on where you live. Some places are freer than others and do see their taxpayer funds being respected with progressive initiatives being funded, public spaces becoming more accessible, and social programs decently furnished for as long as I can remember. They pass with a little skimming off the top, if you know why I mean. But besides that, I doubt this would be the case if we were being completely overrun by other interests like in the 80s.
That said, we do have examples like the Iguala mass kidnapping from 2014 where a local government colluded with ex-cartels members to disappear 43 students. So overall, to me, it's a mixed bag.
Well let's see. How would wages get affected if drug cartels disappear, security and stability increase as a result? I think chances are they'd go higher. That would reduce cheap labor across both the US and Mexico. Farm and other. You'd have a drop in weapons sales too.