Mexico's war on drugs.

[waltky]

Now cartels killin' priests in Mexico...

Kidnapped Mexican Catholic priest found shot dead
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 - A Catholic priest kidnapped in Mexico has been found shot dead, the third cleric to be murdered in the country in a week.

The body of Jose Alfredo Lopez Guillen was found late on Saturday near the town of Puruandiro in Michoacan state, prosecutors said. He is the third priest to be found murdered in Mexico in the past week. Father Lopez Guillen had been robbed before being abducted from his home last Monday in Janamuato, Michoacan state, Church officials said.

People gather at Our Lady of Asuncion Church in Paso Blanco, Veracruz state, Mexico, for funeral Mass in memory of Catholic priest murdered in Veracruz.

The Michoacan prosecutor's office said a post-mortem examination showed the priest had been killed several days before his body was found. On the same day that he disappeared, the bodies of two other priests who had vanished the day before were found by a roadside in Veracruz, on Mexico's east coast. They had also been shot dead. It is not believed their deaths are linked to that of Father Lopez Guillen.

His death brings the number of priests murdered in Mexico since 2012 to 15, according to figures from the Catholic Multimedia Center, which monitors violence against clerics. Veracruz and Michoacan have been plagued by years of violence from drug cartels and other organised crime.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37469016

[waltky]

A leader of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's Sinaloa Cartel arrested... Most wanted target of 'El Chapo's' Sinaloa Cartel captured Nov. 30, 2016 -- The head of Mexico's Criminal Investigation Agency said police arrested a leader of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's Sinaloa Cartel for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking and murder.

Omar Hamid García said a man identified only as Vicente Rufino N. was arrested along with his bodyguard, identified as Fermín N., in the city of Acapulco in Guerrero state on Saturday. Hamid García said police seized a rifle, two pistols, cocaine and methamphetamine.

Vicente Rufino N. was declared one of the Mexican government's 122 priority targets to battle drug cartels in Mexico. About half of those targets belonged to the Sinaloa Cartel. Mexican officials have killed or captured the majority of the suspects, with less than two dozen remaining. Hamid García said Vicente Rufino N. and Fermín N. are accused of killing police, at least one politician, and of trafficking drugs and weapons. Hamid García announced the arrests during a press conference on Tuesday. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-Ne...?spt=sec&or=tn

[donttread]

They could legalize it.

Yeah, a whole lot easier and more effective than his long plan.

[Tahuyaman]

Saying Mexico has a war on drugs is like believing they are going to pay for Trump's wall...

A couple of times I've seen the Mexican federal authorities here deal with the drug cartel people in a very brutal manner.

All of Mexico isn't like the border towns.

[donttread]

A couple of times I've seen the Mexican federal authorities here deal with the drug cartel people in a very brutal manner.

All of Mexico isn't like the border towns.

End prohibition defund our gangs and their cartels to a large extent. Cut murder and OD rates dramatically, but piss big pharma off

[Tahuyaman]

End prohibition defund our gangs and their cartels to a large extent. Cut murder and OD rates dramatically, but piss big pharma off

Do you think drug legalization is the cure-all for the crime issue in America and the rest of the world?

[waltky]

Grisly scene as charred remains of 3 detectives found in Guerrero...

3 detectives killed, burned in southern Mexico
Dec 9,`16 -- The charred remains of three federal detectives have been found in the bed of a burning pickup truck in the southern Mexico resort of Zihuatanejo.

A fourth person's remains were found nearby Friday along with a hand-lettered sign containing an apparent reference to a drug gang. The security spokesman for the southern state of Guerrero said the detectives' bodies had been covered with logs and set afire. Their weapons were also burned.

Their vehicle was found on the outskirts of Zihuatanejo in an area not frequented by tourists. Spokesman Roberto Alvarez said the agents were reported missing on Thursday.

The area has been the scene of increasing violence in recent months. Guerrero state has seen an uptick in killings, with gangs often sending messages to rivals by dumping bodies.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...12-09-15-40-11

[waltky]

Highlights of last eight years of Mexico's drug war...

A look at notable dates in Mexico's decade-old drug war
Dec 10,`16) -- Dec. 11, 2006: Then-President Felipe Calderon orders almost 7,000 soldiers to his home state of Michoacan to fight drug cartels.

June 30, 2008: U.S. announces $1.6 billion in anti-drug aid for Mexico under the Merida Initiative.

Jan. 31, 2008: A gang bursts into a party and kills 16 young people in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. The victims' relatives yell at Calderon.

Aug. 23, 2010: The bodies of 72 migrants killed by the Zetas drug gang are found in San Fernando, Tamaulipas state.

May 5, 2011: An organized victims' movement is born with the start of the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity.

Soldiers salute Mexico's Defense Secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos at the Number 1 military camp in Mexico City. Cienfuegos noted the army’s presence in Mexico’s drug war was supposed to be temporary, while new, reliable police forces were built. Ten years later, that hasn’t happened.

Aug. 25, 2011: Zetas gunmen set fire to the Casino Royale in Monterrey, killing 52 people.

May 13, 2012: The mutilated bodies of 49 people are dumped on a northern highway.

Feb 24, 2013: The first of the "self-defense" vigilante forces takes up arms against the cartels in Michoacan.

Feb. 22, 2014: Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman of the Sinaloa cartel is arrested. He escapes from prison the following year, and is recaptured in early 2016.

June 30, 2014: Mexican soldiers kill 22 suspects at a warehouse in Tlatlaya, Mexico State. News media later present evidence that most were executed after being captured.

Sept. 26, 2014: In the city of Iguala, Guerrero state, 43 students disappear after corrupt police detain and turn them over to a drug gang.

December 2016: Homicide rates, which had fallen, return to levels near those of 2012.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...12-10-18-29-10

[donttread]

Mexico will pay for the wall if we will it. No question about it. I would also use Mexican labor and toss them back into Mexico when it was done.

You'd have to , you don't think the millenials will work labor jobs do you? Those are best left to the young, but not THESE young.

[donttread]

Do you think drug legalization is the cure-all for the crime issue in America and the rest of the world?

No. I do think it is the single greatest action we could take towards that end and saving lives though. Name a single action that could release more people from prison , cause less murders, and waste less young lives, and at the same time save more taxpayer dollars. ?
You get where the gangs and cartels get most of their money from , right? Or how most prostitutes are pushed into the business? Or the reason an alcoholic smoker can often support his habits on a job and live into his 60's with many chances to get sober and why the opposite is true for a heroin addict, right?