Cartel Land... excellent documentary
Posted on 07/21/2019 7:03:05 AM PDT by NorseViking
FILO DE CABALLOS, Mexico—The assault force rolls through this small mountain town not long after dark. Traveling in a fleet of pick-ups with about 15 men in each truck, they are dressed in pixelated camouflage uniforms and ballistic vests and at first glance they look like official army units, but their weapons give them away. Many of these commandos carry AK-47 model assault rifles, which aren’t used by the Mexican armed forces.
The logo stamped on the doors of the trucks shows a figure from the Mexican Revolution wearing a sombrero and brandishing a rifle astride a charging horse. Below that are the words Policia Comunitaria, or community police, and a phrase which, roughly translated from Spanish, reads: “Death before surrender or humiliation.”
The men in the trucks are members of the United Front of Community Police of Guerrero State, better known by its Spanish acronym of FUPCEG. Tonight FUPCEG’s shock troops are on their way to assault the nearby town of El Naranjo, which is currently held by the forces of an organized crime group called the Cartel del Sur.
“We fight to free communities that have been isolated by the criminals,” says a squad leader who asks to be identified only as “El Burro” in an interview with The Daily Beast. “Everyone has a right to security. And to economic freedom. Campesinos [small farmers] and their children shouldn’t suffer under the rule of bandits,” Burro says. “The people of this town have asked us for help, and so that’s what we’re going to do.”
El Burro says he got his nickname, which means “the donkey,” because he can bear heavy loads a great distance despite his slight stature. In his backpack he carries several cans of tuna and crackers and canteens of water.
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I’m allll in favor of self-protection, but seriously:
If AKs are illegal and you can openly drive around in commando caravans with full auto AKs, then how can we really expect the Mexican “government” to stop illegals..?
The US military needs to take over the border, including a mile or two INSIDE of Mexico.
That's a common sense and necessary measure. America, however, is too far gone for anything resembling common sense or necessary. The cancer has already metastasized and the patient's prognosis is dire.
To cure the patient we'll have to gut it like a fish. Kalifornia. Orygone. Washington. Kolorado. Austin. Tulsa.
Then there's the entire eastern seaboard.
You are absolutely correct, but the vast majority of people are blinded by propaganda.
Mexico is a failed narco state the govt is totally corrupt and the military work with the drug cartels. The rise of vigilantes is not surprising.
Even I who thinks terrible things about Mexico was surprised to see how devious gov officials are. We need that wall, to bad it looks like its not going to happen. Good thing I speak Spanish and can salsa dance
Ask a meskin what he thinks of US gov officials.
Two Americans got executed on the side of the road driving north from Acapulco recently. Their son was wounded and witnessed the event. They supposedly ran a “police” roadblock.
Our CIA is in action covertly funding the revolution against the cartels.
When politicos begin to die, there will be fear and loathing among the elite enablers
Interesting article! It is worth the time to read it to the end.
Cartel Land... excellent documentary
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