Posted on 08/31/2025 11:32:31 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Guadalajara, a World Cup site next year, lies in a cartel stronghold. As Trump considers attacking drug gangs, it offers a cautionary tale.
Carmen Lucia Carrillo spotted her son immediately. Daniel was dressed in black, stretching his lanky frame over the cars, squirting soapy liquid. Handsome and outgoing, with a gap-toothed grin, he always did like to look sharp, even with a rag dangling from his back pocket. She had just bought him those jeans, from a trendy Mexican discount store, Beware of the Dog.
A half-hour later, Daniel vanished. Two men — one carrying a pistol — grabbed him and shoved him into the back of a blue SUV with tinted windows.
Disappearances such as Daniel’s were once rare in Mexico. Then, 15 years ago, they began to flare into global news, with the discovery of mass graves filled with putrefying bodies. Now more than 132,000 people are missing. In the first investigation of its kind, a U.N. committee is studying whether Mexicans are being disappeared “in a generalized or systematic way” — with the connivance of the government.
What does it look like when people systematically disappear? This isn’t wartime Syria or Iraq. Guadalajara is nicknamed Mexico’s Silicon Valley, boasting offices for more than 1,000 tech companies, including Intel, Oracle and IBM. It’s the site of a volcano-shaped soccer stadium that will host four World Cup games next year.
It’s also the capital of Jalisco state, which has suffered the most disappearances in Mexico: more than 15,700. They’re a sign of the insidious presence of the Jalisco New Generation cartel and the breakdown of order in even the most industrialized parts of the country.
Daniel’s abduction offers a cautionary tale as the Trump administration weighs possible military action against Mexican drug-trafficking organizations. The U.S. government...
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Part of the reason for the national guard use now is preparing the public for use of the national guard to police the US cities during the world cup next year.
Oh no, Guadalajara won’t do...
I’m never going back to my old school.
Now, can someone cut and paste the rest of the story?
Guadalajara used to be home to nearly 20K US Veterans. Many disabled. Comp checks went a lot further there than here.
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through the U.S. Mail 📬
(Guadalajara, a World Cup site next year, lies in a DRUG CARTEL stronghold)
WHAT could POSSIBLY GO WRONG??
A bunch of world 🌍🌎🌏 visitors
in such a DRUG CARTEL stronghold?
The Mrs. And I went there almost 30 years ago and had a great time. There were lots of soldiers riding around in trucks, and lots of “ranchers”, but we never felt in danger. In fact, when we went to the New Year’s bullfights, we got invited to the “ranchers’” tent. Great food and entertainment and everyone was friendly and jolly.
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