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The Border Crisis Is Bad, But In Mexico
A Larger Crisis Looms

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Posted By: PeterWolosin, 1/18/2022 8:32:17 AM

Video footage recently surfaced on Twitter showing C4 explosives being dropped by a drone near a town in Michoacán, Mexico, reportedly by members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, following hours of clashes between armed groups. In the video, a small explosion hits a woodland camp, a cluster of tents amid dense trees and dirt roads. Men scatter, running for cover. Another volley of explosives is released. When it hits, the camp erupts in flames. The drone lingers, its camera darting around, zooming in and out over the camp as it burns, like it’s looking for something.

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And we have US politicians, including some Republicans, saying a wall isn't necessary. Insanity.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Socio 1/18/2022 9:01:32 AM (No. 1042442)
Imagine how much better off today the US would be had we gone into Mexico after the cartels instead of wasting trillions in Afghanistan going after the Taliban.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: ROLFNader 1/18/2022 9:13:59 AM (No. 1042460)
and this is bad becaauuuuse?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Sanchin 1/18/2022 9:15:31 AM (No. 1042464)
Before signing up for another foreign misadventure might it be a better idea to adopt a policy of publicly executing drug dealers and gang members. IF only we had confidence in the FBI and AG not to use that as a political weapon.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: MDConservative 1/18/2022 11:11:02 AM (No. 1042647)
Where there is money you'll find politicians. Universal rule. And those politicians are invariably dipping into that largesse. The other universal rule is that where you find politicians dipping into the till, you'll find "law enforcement" looking the other way, until the need to stanch public outrage with an arrest of some "usual suspect". Many cultures underpay the police with the understanding that collecting "mordido" will make up the difference. It's the way of their world. OOOOhhh...DEA made a big bust. Now, back to sleep, boys.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: 3XALADY 1/18/2022 11:26:35 AM (No. 1042671)
I saw Sarah Carter reporting on Hannity last night that there were about 1,000 Guatemalans on their way north to our border and they were using weapons against the Mexican law enforcement who were trying to stop them. It gets worse by the day.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: jacksin5 1/18/2022 11:55:51 AM (No. 1042722)
In all it's history, the central government in Mexico City has been unable to control the violent uprisings in the provinces it supposedly controls. Now it's Cartels that rule outside the capitol.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: DVC 1/18/2022 12:15:22 PM (No. 1042760)
Interesting video of a drone dropping small bombs on some sort of a camp in the woods, men scattering. And an idiot, leftist old friend from college is going to Mexico for a vacation. My wife express concern about all the violence...and, of course, my airhead friend (raised in Fla and lived there many years, off and on) says that she feels safer there in a Mexican resort than in Florida. Did I mention that she's pretty brainless, and always has been? But has a Phd in botany. I think she's getting even nuttier as she gets older.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Krause 1/18/2022 1:15:10 PM (No. 1042865)
The cartels make tons of money so they can bribe law enforcement. They're also sociopathic, so they easily kill those who would rat them out. That's why it would be difficult to eradicate the cartels.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: DVC 1/18/2022 7:56:09 PM (No. 1043284)
I'm thinking that if a strong US President sent in a few drones at night and a dozen or two top cartel leaders just went "boom", very mysteriously, it would be a good thing for everyone. I doubt that the Mex government would mind at all.
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