A conservative military takeover that brutally puts down the Cartels would be the best we can hope for in that benighted country.
Agreed
Agreed, Miltie. Sheinbaum is widely seen as a tool of the cartels. Remember thirty-seven other candidates (yes, 37) were murdered in the course of the presidential campaign. This uprising has been brewing for a while. Her hastily-constructed metal barriers around the presidential palace have already been breached and the police have assumed “turtle” formation to try to save themselves. This is a perfect opportunity to crush the cartels, but it’ll necessarily be very violent. Word is they’ve been purchasing huge quantities of serious military hardware from China — shipping containers-full arriving at Mexico’s Pacific ports — paying in cash and bullion. Will the Monroe Doctrine come into play?
But the cartels are probably better armed than the military.