Posted on 02/28/2024 5:12:10 AM PST by george76
Murders in Maravatio raise concerns about drug gangs trying to sway local races..
Two candidates for mayor in the Mexican city of Maravatio have been gunned down within hours of each other, raising worries that drug gangs are trying to influence the June 2 election. Campaigning doesn't formally begin until Friday.
State prosecutors said Tuesday that Armando Pérez was found shot to death in his car just before midnight, per the AP. He was the candidate for the conservative National Action Party. Hours earlier, officials with the ruling Morena party confirmed their candidate, Miguel Ángel Zavala, was found shot to death Monday in his car.
Location: Maravatio is in the western state of Michoacan, which has been particularly hard hit by gang turf wars. Specifically, the Jalisco New Generation cartel is fighting a local gang, the Viagras, for control. Michoacan had the fifth-highest number of attacks on politicians and government officials in 2023, behind Guerrero state to the south and Guanajuato state to the north. Zacatecas and Veracruz also had a higher number of attacks.
Context: In a report published this month, Integralia Consultants wrote that "organized crime will intervene like never before in local elections in 2024" because more mayor's offices are at stake, more cartels are engaged in turf wars, and cartels have expanded their business model far beyond drugs. Cartels make much of their money extorting protection payments from local businesses and even local governments, making mayoral races more important to them than national elections.
“Specifically, the Jalisco New Generation cartel is fighting a local gang, the Viagras, for control.”
A cartel turf war over control of the little blue pill market.
EC
The same folks we are importing here by the busloads.
What country was it that took the gangs on and cleared them out? Haiti?
We need to go Haiti on them.
From the article:
“Two candidates for mayor in the Mexican city of Maravatio have been gunned down within hours of each other, raising worries that drug gangs are trying to influence the June 2 election.”
...says a surprised Captain Obvious.
Come again?
Coming to a city near you.....diversity is a gift.. (spit)
But diversity… the left promised us benefits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Mexico
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In 1971, Article 10 of the present Constitution was changed to limit the right to keep arms within the home only..... and reserved the right to bear arms outside the home only to those explicitly authorized by law (i.e. police, military, armed security officers). The following year, the Federal Law of Firearms and Explosives came into force and gave the federal government complete jurisdiction and control to the legal proliferation of firearms in the country; at the same time, heavily limiting and restricting the legal access to firearms by civilians.
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El Salvador.
Ha! Haiti’s government is the worst criminal gang of all.
Rodrigo Duterte was president of the Philippines for a while and he was very hard on the drug dealers. I believe He had the locals running vigilante campaigns and they were killing dealers in the streets.. Not a bad idea in my opinion.
They need gun control
In a report published this month, Integralia Consultants wrote that “organized crime will intervene like never before in local elections in 2024” because more mayor’s offices are at stake, more cartels are engaged in turf wars, and cartels have expanded their business model far beyond drugs.
coming here..............................
Already here.
What’s up with that?
EC
I was thinking of the country recently where the citizens themselves decided to take matters into their own hands.
IIRC, it was Haiti. I don’t recall DR having as much a problem. Anyway, the citizens started killing off the gangs, I think by necklacing them.
Okay. I just know that the new President of El Salvador rounded up the MS13 members and put them in prison camps.
And that is GREAT!
As long as he doesn’t unload them on us.
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