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Mexico's president declares end to drug war
wnd.com ^ | 1/31/2019 | unknown

Posted on 02/01/2019 7:29:55 AM PST by rktman

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared an end to his country’s war on drugs Wednesday, announcing that the army would no longer prioritize capturing cartel bosses, Agence France-Press reports.

“There is officially no more war. We want peace, and we are going to achieve peace,” he said at a daily press briefing after being asked if his government had captured any kingpins since he assumed office in December.

“No capos have been arrested, because that is not our main purpose. The main purpose of the government is to guarantee public safety … What we want is security, to reduce the daily number of homicides.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: elchapo; kingpins
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WTH? That easy? Maybe he'll put an end to caravans next by declaring them disbanded. Yeah, that'll work. Now, about that 250+ lbs of fentanyl...........

Link goes to a time.com piece

1 posted on 02/01/2019 7:29:55 AM PST by rktman
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To: rktman

Link to ‘time’ if you care:

http://time.com/5517391/mexico-president-ends-drug-war/


2 posted on 02/01/2019 7:30:22 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Joined the Cartels did he ?


3 posted on 02/01/2019 7:31:43 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: rktman

He is DEAD in 3 days....


4 posted on 02/01/2019 7:31:44 AM PST by mplc51
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To: rktman

Sounds like he just declared open season on the cartels taking control of more and more. Soon, they will have no need for a “Mexican president”, as the government will have been swallowed up by the cartels.

He’s probably got his personal situation all set up, and doesn’t care what happens to the rest of the country.


5 posted on 02/01/2019 7:32:05 AM PST by NEMDF
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared an end to his country’s war on drugs Wednesday, announcing that the army would no longer prioritize capturing cartel bosses

Another reason to BUILD THE WALL!

6 posted on 02/01/2019 7:32:50 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm ( 32:12))
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To: rktman

Keep it in mejico.


7 posted on 02/01/2019 7:33:01 AM PST by onedoug
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To: rktman

So then I declare myself to be 29 yrs old and 110 lbs.


8 posted on 02/01/2019 7:33:47 AM PST by uptowngirl
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To: rktman

Looks like Mexico has chose to capitulate.


9 posted on 02/01/2019 7:34:03 AM PST by ptsal
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To: rktman

Looks like Mexico lost.


10 posted on 02/01/2019 7:34:41 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: butlerweave; rktman

The check cleared.
https://www.google.com/search?q=former+mexican+president+took+bribe&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&startindex=&startpage=1&ibss=1&gws_rd=ssl


11 posted on 02/01/2019 7:34:55 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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So no more arresting of cartel bosses. The Narco State wins. Place your bets.

A. López Obrador was bribed to end the drug war.
B. López Obrador was threatened to end the drug war.
C. Both of the above.


12 posted on 02/01/2019 7:35:33 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: NEMDF

He’s probably got his personal situation all set up, and doesn’t care what happens to the rest of the country.


Probably correct.


13 posted on 02/01/2019 7:36:56 AM PST by bytesmith
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To: rktman

Didn’t the last Mexican president get $100,000,000 from the cartels? What is the going rate?


14 posted on 02/01/2019 7:37:46 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: rktman

“No capos have been arrested, because that is not our main purpose.”

He said that he has given permission for the “drone rainfall”
from the USA to start falling on cartel palaces anytime tho......LOL (we wish)


15 posted on 02/01/2019 7:39:36 AM PST by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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Just bizarre.

I think a Cartel Boss gave him an ultimatum of what was going to happen to his family unless he bowed down before them.


16 posted on 02/01/2019 7:40:14 AM PST by BBQToadRibs
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Meanwhile on Fox this morning, the reporter who was reporting on the caravans and his cameraman actually got into one of the 18 wheelers they were loading with migrants heading to the border. The individual Mexican states are 'sponsering' the trucks to haul the illegal migrants.

WTF is going on. It is time to hold Mexico accountable. Shut-off all remittances to Mexico now!

17 posted on 02/01/2019 7:41:32 AM PST by Envisioning (Carry safe, always carry, everyday, everywhere.)
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To: ptsal

Now we know why Obrador is so agreeable. He’s setting the stage to legalize drugs in Mexico. He was bought and paid for before he took office.


18 posted on 02/01/2019 7:44:13 AM PST by SanchoP (Why do Democrats hate Americans so much ?)
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To: butlerweave

Does this mean that Mexico is legalizing drugs?


19 posted on 02/01/2019 7:45:07 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adical Islam,)
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To: lonevoice

Just one more good reason to build the wall.


20 posted on 02/01/2019 7:45:12 AM PST by Pride in the USA
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