That was kinda why I asked the question
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AdamG
A whole different group than who? The 15 dead gangsters weren't identified, by a specific Cartel.
Thanks for the link, interesting reading.
Didn't see any specific references either thus wondering if you might have had the scoop:D
Anywho- looking at the history in that area could be any of the above, especially if the current environment down there has some cartels taking advantage of the historic issues in order to get bases of operation.
The link is somewhat dated though so more recent info might be beneficial in actually getting clarity on current conditions there.
Is the bold print really necessary?
Tastes differ but to me it and the red type are a distraction from your comment...
The ultimate issue, obviously
Law enforcement professional John Sullivan and a colleague have written a "Plazas for Profit" article which appears in the SWC Journal; added link: http://smallwarsjournal.com/mag/docs...2-sullivan.pdf . I reproduce my comment on it here in hopes of stimulating conversation on what I think is the ultimate issue:
Hunter Watson :
I thank you for the article on Mexico's war with the cartels along her northern border. It's a penetrating analysis and deserves to be widely read.
As I worked through it I was alert for a discussion of drug policy changes as a line of attack against the cartels. I found only a single comment to the effect that there was no likelihood of such changes in the near future. I wondered how that judgment had been reached.
Mexico represents America's most important foreign relationship. We are joined at the hip. To a large extent we are family, something which can not be said of Iraq and Afghanistan---and in the broad sense not even of Israel.
My question is whether the same analytical expertise can be applied to the *political problem* of changing American drug policy with the goal of destroying the demand for the cartels' products. Where is the pressure coming from in the U.S. to throw good money after bad in a failed enterprise? Who are the primary actors? What are the enforcement mechanisms protecting the taboos against discussing changes in policy? Why is it preferable to have drugs *and* drug related crime as opposed to only drugs? Why can't marijuana and cocaine be treated as a health problem? Why is maintenance of this failed method of dealing with the impact of drugs deemed indispensable when it also seems to fail every cost/benefit analysis?
Until we take such a hard look at ourselves I see no hope of ending this crisis. The stability and prosperity of Mexico and other Latin American countries are far more important to us than whether marijuana and cocaine are available legally rather than illegally in the United States.
Hunter Watson
Winter expat living in Mexico
Beware Hunter, indeed ....
if youse da same Yooper whose bio includes once upon a time Marine - and once upon a time prosecuting attorney - and who should know a lawyer with the initials JMM. If so, small world indeed.
No need to beware of David - he is a British gentleman. Also a collaborator, as they say, on the War Crimes thread here in Law Enforcement.
Advise if I am on target.