Posted on 05/27/2005 5:42:16 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
What ever happened to vicente's aide, (that got busted for working with drug lords?)
Last I heard, he was sitting in a federal maximum security prison. There is "bail" in a limited sense in Mexico, but not for this kind of thing.
This isn't much better........................
LOL! Growing your marijuana?
True, true.
Last I looked, he has a good chance of gaining control of the border. Our national leadership sure as hell doesn't want control of it. Ba--ards.
No. El Chapo Guzman does not "control" the border between the US and Mexico. Never Will. The elite higher-ups, the wealthy .01%, and the mexican pols control the border, and the things going on at, with, and about, the border.
But it sounds good.
That's an idea I like!
Al Pacino rocks.
Say 'ello to my liddle fren'
Say 'allo
to my little fren!
Mena moved south.....
Thanks.
There is always a wave of murders when the drug franchise issued from the Mexican power structure changes. The new boss is simply eliminating his competition, probably with the assistance of Federal police.
i live here, and don't much worry about gangsters bumping each other off. Unlike the gangs in the U.S., folks here normally don't take out innocent bystanders. But, the feeling in Mexico is that the problem is caused by the U.S. (yeah, I know... Mexicans blame EVERYTHING on the U.S. -- and some folks here blame everything on Mexicans so it's a fair trade). There's more than some truth to the matter. Drugs are one export the U.S. isn't trying to regulate off the market (unlike fruits and vegetables, but that's another thread)... the U.S. is the world's largest consumer of these products (50% of the world's narcotics are consumed in the U.S., according to the CIA's world fact book).
The Mexican response is to blame the violence on the U.S. drug consumers. Hey, most here want capitalism... this is just the ugly side of it.
I don't say the US demand doesn't drive the market--only that the corruption in Mexico allows various gangs to flourish with a quasi-legal franchise that is revoked from time to time as pressure is applied from the US to show the government is responding.
This theory isn't an original thought of mine; it comes from a very informed and astute Mexican intellectual and was published widely a few years ago.
No Joke this photo looks exactly like my next door neighbor. could be Brad Johnson of Midnight Express.
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