Mexican Drug War and possible solutions: Great Article! (party, American, Colombia)

[mintgum84]

This guy writes regularly for numerous publications. I always find him compassionate and on point.

Hell on Earth | atthegrapevine

" More pressing perhaps, there needs to be some solution to this bloodshed. Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon faces an election within the year, and to many the blame for these 50,000 dead bodies rests with him. Why take on the cartels when your forces are compromised? Why take on the cartels when you cannot control the flow of weapons they get from the US? Why plunge your nation into such horror when you cannot control America’s insatiable demand for drugs. That is the key, the demand for these drugs emanates from the United States and as such it too carries responsibility to help end the slaughter.

Washington’s failure risks dire consequences. As the murder increases, the instability rises and both threaten to spill over into the Southern US. The situation in Mexico is now an undeniable national security priority and needs to be treated as such. Yet news networks continue to harp on about Iran and events thousands of miles away, all this whilst the neighbourhood burns."

[malamute]

Of course that assumes that no Mexicans can ever be victims of drug addiction themselves and that the cartels aren't also fighting for the lucrative drug market of their own country. How many of the cartel hitmen are themselves addicted to strong drugs?

There is a video of a massacre in Creel, Chihuahua that shows the cartel hitmen stuffing loads of cocaine into their own noses before going on on a murder spree.

[jbcmh81]

Originally Posted by mintgum84

This guy writes regularly for numerous publications. I always find him compassionate and on point.

Hell on Earth | atthegrapevine

" More pressing perhaps, there needs to be some solution to this bloodshed. Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon faces an election within the year, and to many the blame for these 50,000 dead bodies rests with him. Why take on the cartels when your forces are compromised? Why take on the cartels when you cannot control the flow of weapons they get from the US? Why plunge your nation into such horror when you cannot control America’s insatiable demand for drugs. That is the key, the demand for these drugs emanates from the United States and as such it too carries responsibility to help end the slaughter.

Washington’s failure risks dire consequences. As the murder increases, the instability rises and both threaten to spill over into the Southern US. The situation in Mexico is now an undeniable national security priority and needs to be treated as such. Yet news networks continue to harp on about Iran and events thousands of miles away, all this whilst the neighbourhood burns."

Calderon does NOT face an election. Mexican presidents serve just one 6-year term and can't be re-elected.

[mintgum84]

Perhaps he meant the ruling party.

The essence of the piece re: the violence and its need to end is accurate mind you.

[mexguy]

Originally Posted by malamute

Of course that assumes that no Mexicans can ever be victims of drug addiction themselves and that the cartels aren't also fighting for the lucrative drug market of their own country. How many of the cartel hitmen are themselves addicted to strong drugs?

There is a video of a massacre in Creel, Chihuahua that shows the cartel hitmen stuffing loads of cocaine into their own noses before going on on a murder spree.

Of course there are addicts in Mexico but not to the level of the United States. The Mexican market is very small in comparison.

Make an example of a hit man is unfortunate, of course the killers are addicted to drugs as are the majority of drug dealers in the United States.

The drugs are fully linked to American society that is acceptable for people to use this drugs whether their actions have repercussions in Mexico translated into more than 50,000 deaths in one year, they also are to blame for these deaths but you not admit it.

[stevenvillatoro]

Originally Posted by mexguy

The drugs are fully linked to American society...

Recognizing the opportunities of diversified distribution, Mexican cartels began expanding their trade channels/routes to Europe some years ago.

It's a worldwide issue, not a next-door one.

[mintgum84]

Originally Posted by mexguy

Of course there are addicts in Mexico but not to the level of the United States. The Mexican market is very small in comparison.

Make an example of a hit man is unfortunate, of course the killers are addicted to drugs as are the majority of drug dealers in the United States.

The drugs are fully linked to American society that is acceptable for people to use this drugs whether their actions have repercussions in Mexico translated into more than 50,000 deaths in one year, they also are to blame for these deaths but you not admit it.

It is undoubted that the US is the core market for the drugs flowing from central, south America. The externalities are outsourced in the shape of innocent Mexican deaths.

[mexguy]

Originally Posted by stevenvillatoro

Recognizing the opportunities of diversified distribution, Mexican cartels began expanding their trade channels/routes to Europe some years ago.

It's a worldwide issue, not a next-door one.

Still US market is the biggest one. The market of Europe are dominated directly by south americans cartels.

[Willy702]

Colombia was just like Mexico 20 years ago and it has massively changed for the better since then. Things change over time, hard to predict how the changes play out. No one year or even one-term of a President is going to solve problems, but it certainly helps determine where things are a few decades from now. There is no switch in policies which would turn this problem off in a day or even a decade short of mass legalization of drugs.

[mintgum84]

should the US intervene?

I have heard 'experts' say that.