This is not Syria, it’s Sinaloa. Chapo's sons arrested by Mexican authorites...

[ShoulderRoll]

The root cause of the problem is that Americans want to get high.

The cartels used to be in Columbia and now they are in Mexico and next they might be in Haiti.

As long as people wanna get high there will be criminals who band together to supply that demand.

The permissive, "get high" drug culture was pushed and encouraged by the bankers. See the Tavistock Institute and its ties to CIA LSD experiments.

Also the pharmaceutical company Sandoz A.G., owned by the Warburg banking family.

[-Hyperion-]

Calderon had the right idea when he said we will not allow the cartels to impose their laws on the Mexican people. Yes, there was violence, but there is violence now. More so than the past years.

This whole we can’t fight fire with fire BS AMLO is spouting is just ridiculous. Criminals won’t magically stop just because people are nice to them.

Whether Mexico was or wasn’t following US orders yesterday, what was proven was that the cartels can do whatever they want when they want to.

Calderón and his war exploded the violence and EPN continued it....he received a country with 10000 deaths and turned them to 25000 and the trend hasn't budged since...it is a 12 year trend on the rise. You dont know **** about Mexico. There's a reason AMLO won with more votes than all of his opponents combined, campaigned on amnesty, patrolling and ending the war, got more votes than anyone in the history of Mexico and is polling at 65+% approval. The drug war made things worse. This was a totally atypical move by the Mexican guard. The DEA pressured them into it because they didnt care how many civilians died.

[Ben Bolt]

“The capture of one criminal cannot be worth more than the lives of people,” López Obrador said ... “This decision was made to protect citizens" ...

It sets an agenda to all criminal gangs around the world:
"Release our man, or we will kill civilians."

What to do? You can't turn to the Filipino solution (willing to sacrifice innocents for "the good cause").

So, how handle a situation like this???

[man down]

It sets an agenda to all criminal gangs around the world:
"Release our man, or we will kill civilians."

What to do? You can't turn to the Filipino solution (willing to sacrifice innocents for "the good cause").

So, how handle a situation like this???

Our government would take care of it. If they asked for help Im sure they would get it.

BTW you and the other guy, if hes not your ALT keep asking what I would do. What do you two suggest? Let them do as they wish?

[Ben Bolt]

What do I suggest? Let them do as they wish?

As I wrote, I have no answer. You're fighting an enemy with no scruples.

[New England]

Mexican army/air force ever just drop a bomb on these guys main base? The gangs are basically private armies, lay them flat instead of arrest

you mean flatten a neighborhood? that's how real wars get started. civil wars with international involvement.

[-Hyperion-]

It sets an agenda to all criminal gangs around the world:
"Release our man, or we will kill civilians."

What to do? You can't turn to the Filipino solution (willing to sacrifice innocents for "the good cause").

So, how handle a situation like this???

And the filipino solution was already tried. **** got worse. Narcos grew their social base, got better armed, got more violent, infiltrated every level of the military and the governement. Civilians were killed at the rate of a war zone. This is exactly why the new approach was necessary. US pressure precipitated this atypical arrest and the Mexican government botched it so they cut their losses early.

[JJRod]

Calderón and his war exploded the violence and EPN continued it....he received a country with 10000 deaths and turned them to 25000 and the trend hasn't budged since...it is a 12 year trend on the rise. You dont know **** about Mexico. There's a reason AMLO won with more votes than all of his opponents combined, campaigned on amnesty, patrolling and ending the war, got more votes than anyone in the history of Mexico and is polling at 65+% approval. The drug war made things worse. This was a totally atypical move by the Mexican guard. The DEA pressured them into it because they didnt care how many civilians died.

Tell me how the amnesty works in a few years.
Then you and millions will be begging for Calderon style president.

[WarVeteranO01]

Sadly it seems like the Mexican people have "0" trust in their government. Mexico's President seems like a pacifist pu$$.

Mexico needs a middle class. The drug cartels are essentially the main economy in most cities/states of Mexico. If the Mexican government gave 2 rats asses, theyd form logical social programs, in effort to combat the Cartels. Build a National guard, pay them well, give them land or a home, and pay for their education. Similar to what the US did after World War 2 but instead of fighting a foreign war, itll be a civil 1.

The US also has to do something; deeming all Cartels terrorist would be humbling at the very least. Any drug dealer caught on the US side with proven Cartel connections should get sent to Guantanamo.

[JJRod]

Sadly it seems like the Mexican people have "0" trust in their government. Mexico's President seems like a pacifist pu$$.

Mexico needs a middle class. The drug cartels are essentially the main economy in most cities/states of Mexico. If the Mexican government gave 2 rats asses, theyd form logical social programs, in effort to combat the Cartels. Build a National guard, pay them well, give them land or a home, and pay for their education. Similar to what the US did after World War 2 but instead of fighting a foreign war, itll be a civil 1.

The US also has to do something; deeming all Cartels terrorist would be humbling at the very least. Any drug dealer caught on the US side with proven Cartel connections should get sent to Guantanamo.

My man Mexico has been poor for years. Yet violence was never to this extreme. While poor, people were still be able to walk the streets, parents weren’t afraid that their children would be abducted like they are today.

people don’t truly understand is that the cartel violence today grew out of citizens and the government not doing anything.
Practicing the whole “if you don’t mess with them they don’t mess with you” and “well they’re only selling drugs to the gringos so it’s not our problem”.

This allowed the cartels to grow and because no one challenged their lawlessness it allowed them to enter other forms of criminal activity. Kidnappings, extortions, etc.

Why people would want a president to follow the policy that let these criminals flourish in the first place is beyond me.