Mexico’s war against drugs kills its police

tell me what you think ____Ausonekid.

This only goes to show that a war on drugs can only create more violence and death. Violence begets violence, and the only course of action that will bring about positive results is legalizing everything. Once that happens, the torrents of money going into stopping drugs will be reversed into massive cash flows from regulating and taxing them. The only logical course of action is to legalize everything.

check out all the funding the ol'US has put into the Z.E.T.A.S ,they were supposed to stop drug trafficking.scary....

this is nothing new, as in every city of over 500,000 the commander in chief of the police always has a ticket to get killed.
- Mexico has a huge war going on. Government, drugs and kidnapping, and it isnt getting any better.

The War on Drugs meets the Global War on Terror, for that is indeed what these Mexico-based drug gangs/armies are-terrorists of the highest order. I say wipe their sorry a$$es from the face of the earth by any and all means necessary. If they can penetrate our borders with kilos of cocaine, what's stopping a motivated Al-Quada from getting worse things through the border?
"...Navy Seals removed the cell, destroying all the military Anthrax at the terror camp, which was outside of Guadaljahara, Mexico..."
http://www.acsa2000.net/terrorism_notices.htm

the only reason the US has a potential enemy in Mexico is because the higher echelons of the US continually screw them. do you know how much poverty could be solved in that country if all the industry wasn't in the north for the US ? lack of jobs is the key reason for poverty in Ciudad de Mexico !

The police are hard to trust, when i was there (Tampico, Tamaulipas/Veracruz border) the checkpoints i went through were army check points and i saw frequent footage of troops on the US border checking drug trafficking.

The town i was staying in was Tampico (a tri-city on the coast) has a mysteriously large number of middle and upper class families for a place whose only major job suppliers are the oil and shipping companies. and ALOT of private colleges. Gangs fought or fight over the area but it seemed like one had control there, the police were non existent apart from when they wanted to pick someone with money to stop and get bribed. the army was active in the region because i saw them but i didn't see or hear of any conflicts.

The Mexican Mafia is heavily integrated into the US. Mexico’s police are being assassinated because billions of dollars in drug and human trafficking profits are at risk.

“The Mexican Mafia, also referred to as La eMe, (Spanish for the letter "M"), was formed in 1957 by Chicano street gang members incarcerated at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, California."

"As the organization grew, it rapidly evolved into a criminal organization involved in extortion, narcotics trafficking and murder, both inside and outside the prison system walls. Today, the Mexican Mafia has spread from California to at least seven other states including; Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.” – “Gangland” on The History Channel

keithponder - Invade Mexico? your comment is preposterous

also, most Mexicans are peace loving Americans, and if we invaded their land, the ones HERE, might lash out and some cause havoc, all thanks to your bush like invasion plan.

mexico is no threat to us, some of its citizens are. and the only way to solve the puzzle, is to bring things from underground, yes,that means legalize, tax, and control substances/drugs.

Drugs are a funny thing, you think you know a lot about how that world works the news gives you a distorted view on what really goes on. The bottom line is the drugs use to come from central and south America now it's brought through Mexico thanks to the Regan, Bush administration when Bush SR. was head of the CIA and Regan was the US president that's when the US had control of the panama canal. The drugs have been rerouted and processed in Mexico. You can thank your government and this administration for it's direct involvement in the distribution of drugs in this country by letting for profit it pass through it's borders. The US is responsible for the things that are happening in Mexico in regards to drugs. The US has a high demand and Mexico aims to meet it

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I live along the US/Mexican border in the Rio Grande Valley. There is currently a turf war going on along the border because the Mexican government has begun to crack down on some of the drug cartels in their country by going after the biggest ones. Unfortunately this has left open the oppurtunity for corrupt police and smaller cartels to pick up the now vacant role as the main distributor and smuggler along the border. This is a billion dollar industry (one major reason a fence wouldn't do any good [the local ecosystem & environment being another]), and the corrupt police in Mexico, corrupt Border Patrol agents, the drug cartels, & even local officials here who turn out to be corrupt, perpetuate this illegal trade and the violence associated with it.

Legalizing drugs on our side won't be enough to stop this trade. We need to also make sure that the drug cartels in Mexico have a reason to stop the illegal drug trade. There are different ways we can approach a solution. We can offer life sentences for the heads of these organization, but with visitations, and an agreement to make sure their families aren't targets for turning themselves in and ensure their protection. Taking down all the smaller cartels will be easier if the heads of the cartels secretly give the location of the main middle men, so they can be arrested and given the option to also plead guilty for the same deal. This will also ensure they have a reason to take the deal and not order for any unknown members to retaliate against the police or government. Believe it or not these drug cartels are made up of people who have families and are at times respected members of their local communities. I also think if we make sure that the product confiscated is either disposed of or if able to be used for medicinal purposes, it can be salvaged as such, we can ensure it doesn't end up back on the streets.

Of course people are still able to make the drugs if their is a demand for it, so also implementing a program for drug rehab for addicts and also rehabilitation for those in prison. Turn around and use any of the profits confiscated to pay for these programs, or if no profits exist, the prisoners can work their debt off through programs that will allow them to earn money to pay for their stay in prison and rehabilitation (this can be done through closely monitored work programs such as telemarketing, mailing service, etc).

We have to get over this idea that if we attempt to rehabilitate and offer an alternative to prisoners other than just being locked up in a cage, we are somehow forgetting or disrespecting the victim. I think we better serve victims when we make sure it truly doesn't happen again, we must do this by ridding ourselves of expectations and offering a comprehensive solution to the problem.

We also have to make sure that the people living in those communities most affected by the drug trade have better oppurtunities. Mexico is suffering due to the policies our country has enacted. We are strangling the local economies and are surprised when they turn to illegal activity to make ends meet. We have to give these people a reason to live, but we also have to ensure they have the ability to live as well. Poor communities in our country also need to be more well cared for and programs (not welfare programs that are susceptible to fraud and theft by a public servant, but programs that acually teach a trade or provide assistance in living a better life).

Drugs affect many apsects of the social atmosphere. But it is the drug cartels, the prisons, addicts, poverty,and corruption that we have to target. And not the way of trying to kill them off or simply locking them up and throwing away the key, because there will always be someone to take their place. We need to do a better more effective job. Let's hope we can solve this soon.

100% Legalization + 25% or more Taxation + 100% Education + 100% Rehabilitation = Salvation :-)

Mafioso, I couldn't have said it better. Well worded and comprehensive, that is exactly what needs to be said to every person willing to listen.

Keithponder, you do your homework... The only time we've "invaded" South America was in the guise of ending the drug trade, when all we were doing was looking into how viable the possibility of having our hand in the cookie jar in South America would be. It wasn't, by then the drug trade was too sophisticated and in the hands of cartels we couldn't infiltrate, so we annhialated their ability to move the supply for the demand and they had to resort to moving the stuff through Mexico, a country we were already involved with and we could directly influence and effect with our policies.

If Mexico were as big a threat as anyone claims, we wouldn't have an open border. I live on the border Keithponder, so you need to educate yourself. It amazes me those who seem to think they have the truth because they are aware of the ills perpetrated on one type of people are still able to blindly believe something about a different group. Most Iraqis and almost all Mexicans are no threat to Americans.

Corrupt corporations and the governments that back them are who we have to fear. You open your eyes. Come down to where I live and go across the border so you yourself can see the people you are calling a danger to our safety. Just as you say there were particular organizations responsible for the threat to the USA from the middle east and it isn't civilian Iraqis, is the same way there are particular cartels in Mexico who pose a threat to the safety of those along the border willing to take a stand against those cartels.

If the USA was actually wanting the illegal drug trade to stop, we'd be helping Mexico clean up their streets to ensure the violence doesn't begin spilling into ours. Mexico is full of innocent people too, I see who they are everyday. So please stop being so ignorant, because being open minded one one topic doesn't make you open minded in general.

P.S.
Keithponder, also know that the Justice System wouldn't go bankrupt if we legalized drugs, it would work more efficiently, because they could focus on laws truly meant to protect and ensure our safety. And also, I've never seen a terrorist cross the border I live on. In fact, I tend to look middle eastern when I have facial hair and even with my ID, birth certificate, and social security card I was held for an hour while they verified my info and I'm a fucking American! Those who cross illegally are also monitored and would also have to deal with the scrutiny of our local communities, and believe me if there are a group of Americans living in an area that will report anyone who looks Middle Eastern, it is the people I live around. Like I said they even give me shit and I'm a carnal (the spanish "carnal", slang for informal brother). Also, most of the people who cross illegally wouldn't be stopped by a fence, so don't bring that stupid idea up. We do have a border I live on it. It's beautiful, full of interesting people, and bursting with culture. The only way Al Qaeda or terrorists would come in through Mexico is if similar to 9/11, American intelligence drops the ball. So don't blame Mexico, blame the USA for not staying on top of this "threat" to the south. Like I said before, a fence won't work.

I'm wide awake and I've been like that for a while Keith, the bags under my eyes and the white hairs on my chin prove it.

Prohibition only serves those that profit from it not those it pretends to protect

hey guys,the war and this one in special,are not nice but the mexican gov.hasnooption at short term the cartels do control several cities and in a country that wants to be domocratic any goverment cannot let this happen(remember the mafia in usa).now it has to be in two dirreccions;mexico has to clean up its police and avoid the increase of internal drug consumpcion.But also the USA;in has to target the enourmes drug abuse(25% of the world)and more control on fire arms (90% of the cartels come from USA).it is not easy for mexico to get rid of the corruption as its not easy for the USA to deal with firearms control or the main media showing people getting on drugs yust for fun,or because there on a depretion",these issues are very sensitive to the population.besides y wonder why the D.E.A hassen capture any druglords in the U.S.A,like the "M" in california,the smiths in chicago,the russian mafia in florida or the still operation "cosa nostra in new york? even that the u.s is so rich that you can affort wars in oother perts of the world?as you can see this is a share problem and it needs shere solutions no yust blame it on one country.
p.s:sorry for my english