Posted on 09/26/2011 8:17:04 AM PDT by bananaman22
Suspected Mexican drug traffickers from the Zetas drug cartel on 20 September drove two trucks to a main avenue in the Mexican Gulf coast city of Boca del Rio in Veracruz state and dumped 35 corpses during rush hour while gunmen stood guard, menacing frightened motorists with automatic weapons.
So, why is this being written about here?
Well, if for no other reason, Mexico’s drug cartels have declared a de facto war with the government for control of the country’s northern provinces for exports routes into the United States.
Meanwhile, Washington, fixated on the decade-old war on terror, the Middle East and stopping Palestine’s incipient bid for statehood at the UN, doesn’t even mention a yawn, despite the fact that in the last five years drug violence has claimed more than 35,000 Mexican lives, according to government figures. And that’s the low end of the curve, as a number of human rights groups estimate that the true death toll is 40,000.
Forty thousand.
More than 12 times the number of Americans killed in the 9/11 2001 terrorist attacks, in a neighboring country.
Who cares? After all, we all know that Central America is prone to violence, and well… that’s just the way it is. Why should Washington care?
Quite aside from the human issues involved, Washington should care because, according to the U.S. Energy Administration, of United States total crude oil imports now averaging 9.033 million barrels per day, Mexico with its 1.319 million barrels per day of exports is exceeded only by Canada as the U.S. top importer of crude, and exceeds Saudi Arabian imports by over 200,000 bpd.
But in dealing with Mexico Washington is in a classic state of addict denial – and, after all, it is addicted to not one, but three Mexican narcotics – oil imports, drugs and cheap labor.
As for oil, it is worth remembering that all of Mexico’s energy imports fall under the purview of Petroleos Mexicanos state oil monopoly, more familiarly known as Pemex. Accordingly, threats against the government’s authority, as the Boca del Rio massacres most assuredly are, ultimately threaten the central administration’s ability to rule, which in turn calls into question larger governmental policies. Full article: Mexican Government Under Assault From Drug Cartels
U.S. yawns because they don’t want anything done with the drug trade. Keep the people doped up. It’s easier to make them depend on good ‘ol Uncle Sam to feed and cloth you.
Besides, someone over here is making too damn much money off the stuff.
Somebody please tell the author that Mexico is in North America. Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama etc are considered Central American countries.
It’s a safe bet, a good percentage of those in Washington are on the cartels payrolls.
Close the pressure release valve and the situation will resolve itself one way or another.
I think the author may have missed the point... Washington isn’t yawning over this — they SUPPLIED the guns being used against the Mexican gov’t BY the cartels!
Absolutely; Washington has been supporting the drug cartels because they’ve effectively closed the border such that Anglo’s can’t go to Mexico anymore. Washington hasn’t fenced the Mexican’s out..........they’ve fenced us IN!
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