Protests In Mexico Push Country To Brink Of Revolution And Nobody's Talking About It

Zero Hedge ^ | January 11, 2017 | Tyler Durden - Submitted by Nick Bernabe via TheAntiMedia.org,

[Perseverando]

Long-simmering social tensions in Mexico are threatening to boil over as failing neoliberal reforms to the country’s formerly nationalized gas sector are compounded by open corruption, stagnant standards of living, and rampant inflation.

The U.S. media has remained mostly mute on the situation in Mexico, even as the unfolding civil unrest has closed the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego, California, several times in the past week. Ongoing “gasolinazo” protests in Mexico over a 20 percent rise is gas prices have led to over 400 arrests, 250 looted stores, and six deaths. Roads are being blockaded, borders closed, and government buildings are being sacked. Protests have remained relatively peaceful overall, except for several isolated violent acts, which activists have blamed on government infiltrators.

#VIDEO: Difunden momento exacto en que Policías Federales son arrollados por un vehículo en Rosarito, Baja California pic.twitter.com/r3SknjOQjJ

— Más Noticias Oaxaca (@Masnoticias0ax) January 7, 2017

The few mainstream news reports that have covered the situation blame rising gas prices but fail to examine several other factors that are pushing Mexico to the brink of revolution. ‘Narco-state’ corruption

The narco-state, or as Mexican activists say, “el narco-gobiero,” is a term used to describe the open corruption between the Mexican government and drug cartels. The narco-state has been in the headlines lately over the kidnapping and presumed murder of 43 Ayotzinapa students in Iguala, Guerrero, in 2014. This has been a source of continuous anti-government protests ever since.

Though the kidnappings remain officially unsolved, members of the Guerrero Unidos drug cartel have admitted to colluding with local police forces to silence the student activists. Twenty police officers have been arrested in association with the kidnapping. Former Iguala police chief Felipe Flores has been arrested and “accused of offenses including organized crime and

[Perseverando]

Viva La Revolucion!

[DoughtyOne]

The wall is going to cause pressure to build in Mexico.

There will no longer be a relief valve. Mexicans will have to focus on going after their own government instead of coming here and trashing ours.

I suspect this will lessen the number of Mexican flag decals on cars in California, as the Mexicans who do get to come here in the future treasure our nation instead of trash it.

[Joe Boucher]

All well and fine unless some narco-terrorist leads after said revolution

[M Kehoe]

Build the wall now!

5.56mm

[Red Badger]

How can you tell?.................

[Iron Munro]

The Mexicans are revolting!!

[dfwgator]

Mexico needs a revolution.

A small cadre of White Spaniards holds all the wealth. And they would love nothing more than to send all of Mexico’s brown population to the US.

Look at all of the Presidents in Mexico’s history. Not a brown man in the whole lot of them.

And they call us racists?!?!?!?!

[Perseverando]

All well and fine unless some narco-terrorist leads after said revolution

My bad. I thought narco-terrorists were already in charge in Mexico. </sarc>

[Buckeye McFrog]

Yup. Sounds to me like a country that could use a little revolution.

[dfwgator]

Eventually, the US will have to occupy Mexico to restore order. Only a matter of when.

[apocalypto]

for later

[rfreedom4u]

So if Mexico goes communist....will they build their own wall to keep their people in?

[Joe Boucher]

one would think so BUT?
Hard for me to criticize Mexico what with our own federal government doing such a poor job on nearly EVERYTHING

[DoughtyOne]

I agree with that. It’s still their internal matter. There’s no reason to surrender our nation because of it.

This has been a long time coming.

[drypowder]

its about damned time for the good Mexican people to throw off their corrupt government. If/when they succeed, the people of Mexico will realize just how rich their country really is. They should no longer need to escape to the US for opportunity.

[RedWulf]

The story is being ignored so they can blame Trump for the collapse of Mexico. The media is a bunch of traitors to this country.

[PJammers]

If you have ever driven through Mexico you will notice PEMEX gas stations on every corner. Some are actully right next to each other. You are not allowed to pump your own gas an attendant does it for you. There a at least 3 to 4 attendants at every island as well as clerk and a supervisor. PEMEX is state owned. All of the people that work there are government employees.

What could possibly go wrong?

[kingu]

And figure that one million Mexicans will either be deported or self deport during the first year of Trump being in office, with the majority of them being criminals who’ll jump right in on the looting and the major burdens that will appear on Mexico’s social service & health care rolls.

Mexico’s issues are JUST beginning.

[hal ogen]

Maybe the “revolting” peasants will take care of business with the ruling class “spanish” (like the moron criminal expresidente) who exploit them and repress them.

[pabianice]

I’ve long suspected that our open border with Mexico was an attempt to keep Mexico from blowing-up. Now it will blow up.