Posted on 09/09/2026 8:41:49 AM PDT by DFG
The government of Mexico announced that a member of the country’s National Guard, who published a video last week claiming his bosses and colleagues were working with local drug cartels, was found dead along with two other victims.
The incident took place in the coastal state of Guerrero, where National Guardsman Eduardo Perez Bustos published a video in which he identifies himself and revealed that many of his colleagues there worked for a local cartel known as Los Tlacos. In the video, Perez Bustos claimed the troops were paid about $100,000 pesos (roughly $5,900 USD) every two weeks to investigate and take action against a rival organization known as Los Ardillos that was trying to take over parts of rural Guerrero.
In the video, Perez Bustos identified by name several of the National Guard troops that were working for the cartel. He also said authorities at the local and state levels were complicit.
Just days after the video went viral in Mexico, Mexico’s National Defense Secretariat issued a statement confirming that Perez Bustos was one of three murder victims found near the town of Plan de Lima in the state of Guerrero. In their statement, the Mexican military claimed to have deployed troops to track down the individuals responsible for the killing. The statement also listed a series of prior arrests by the Mexican military targeting Los Tlacos, Los Ardillos, and another group called Los Rusos. The statement made no direct mention of the alleged corruption described by the now-deceased soldier.
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Murder?
Sounds like suicide to me. What did he expect would happen? A written warning in his personnel file?
Tattling on a drug cartel is certainly the best most efficient way to suicide
Stealing from them also works pretty well too
Tattling on a drug cartel is certainly the best most efficient way to suicide
Brian got busted on a narco rap
He beat the rap by rattin’ on some bikers
He said, “Hey, I know it’s dangerous
But it sure beats Riker’s”
But the next day he got offed
By the very same bikers
They need their own Nayib Bukele to run the country for 10 years.
It would be interesting if someone did a book on the complexities of the drug trade. It exists in Mexico because the US is a big market with money.
Does a “crack” down (nice choice of words) in the US limit the number of users in the US? Or just drive up the price in the US?
Other than crack down in both the US and Mexico what other policies impact the drug flow?
Sep 2026 both US & Mexican employment and business are booming. Does that mean less depressed people and less demand for drugs? Or does it mean people have more money to spend on drugs?
Historically Illinois and New Jersey have the most corrupt politicians and police. Mexico seems to be different in that “Whack a Mole” seems to exist in 10 different states.
The left center PRI party controlled Mexico 1915-2000. PAN’s Club For Growth president Fox won in 2000 and focused on building (successfully) the Mexican economy. He did not focus on the cartel problem.
PAN President Calderon followed Fox, another from the “RIGHT”. But Calderon focused on fighting the Cartels. The result was a horrendous death toll of both Cartels, Honest and dishonest police and politicians....and innocent bystanders. In reaction to the carnage, Mexico elected “new leftists” who were not traditional socialists but a hybrid that seems weird from an American perspective. Under them both the Cartels...and the non-Cartel economy have continued to grow.
As long as there is a big market with money in the US, will the Cartels in Mexico ever disappear?
I’m for Mexico going super hard on drug cartels if they want. Perhaps an El Salvador scale up for these area.
But Mexico is a bigger country so how feasible that is I don’t know.
Mexico has very strict gun laws.
Which of course the cartels ignore.
Would things improve if these laws were relaxed for the average citizen?
Probably.
It’s the latinos getting their house in order. Castro’s guards kept Maduro’s carcass secure. No reason why Bukele’s people can’t do the same thing. You’re right. Mexico is big. Better them than the gringos.
Those are people who died (who died)
speaking of complexities, did anyone else notice that they are back to being called mexican drug cartels again instead of just mexican cartels?
What happened to the human trafficking market? hmmm
“Welcome to Juarez..”
Cartels
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Nicest Folks I Never Met.
Books - there are a lot of them.
I read this one:
The Last Narco: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo, the World’s Most Wanted Drug Lord
Malcolm Beith
It’s 2010, so a little old now, but still chilling.
Books - there are a lot of them.
I read this one:
The Last Narco: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo, the World’s Most Wanted Drug Lord
Malcolm Beith
It’s 2010, so a little old now, but still chilling.
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