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Mexico's cartels did not get AMLO's 'hugs, not bullets' memo
American Thinker ^ | 20 Nov, 2020 | Silvio Canto, Jr.

Posted on 11/20/2021 4:55:49 AM PST by MtnClimber

Joe Biden's open borders policy has fattened the coffers of Mexico's notorious cartels.

A couple of years ago, President Lopez-Obrador said something about promoting hugs rather than bullets as his plan for halting Mexico's notorious cartels.

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It went like this:

Prior to becoming president, AMLO promised “hugs, not bullets,” a demilitarization of security, an end to high value targeting and a focus on social spending and anti-corruption to reduce the root causes of violence.

It was "woke mexicano" and did not work any better than "woke americano." Mexico recently surpassed the 100,000-deaths milestone in its war with cartels, Jorge Ramos of Univision wrote. Not even Ramos, a lefty, thinks the 'hugs not bullets' strategy, is working.

A couple of days ago, the Mexican cartels sent a message about Cancun. This is from The New York Post:

The hand-printed signs, in neat block letters, appeared in the Tulum marketplace the morning after two tourists were shot dead and three others wounded at a roadside eatery in the bohemian Mexican resort town.

“Attention merchants of Tulum … this was a warning,” said the sign, which went on to threaten “managers and owners” of bars and restaurants on the “Mini Quinta” tourist zone. That’s where the foreigners, visiting the Malquerida Bar last month, had the bad luck of getting caught in cartel crossfire.

The signs were photographed by a local citizens’ advocacy group, which posted them to social media.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Society
KEYWORDS: amlo; cartels; corruption; crime; mexico; totalitarianism

1 posted on 11/20/2021 4:55:49 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

The democRATs will thrive in the corruption that the cartels will bring.


2 posted on 11/20/2021 4:56:02 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Just another piece of the puzzle labeled HOW TO DESTROY AMERICA.


3 posted on 11/20/2021 5:36:27 AM PST by oldasrocks
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