Mexican government admits 80% of its populated territory is run by cartels, including key border

conservative review ^ | June 3, 2019 | Daniel Horowitz

[bitt]

As of last year, the Taliban controlled or contested 46 percent of the districts in Afghanistan’s civil war. That was enough justification for us to keep our military perpetually engaged there in combat. What if you were told that 80 percent of Mexico’s territory is controlled by dangerous cartels, including all of the key smuggling routes at our border, and that the cartels are orchestrating all of the illegal immigration into our territory and bringing their members back and forth across our own border?

Several weeks ago, the Mexican investigative journal Contralínea posted a map of Mexico prepared by the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), showing that 80 percent of the country’s 266 districts recently targeted for enforcement by the Mexican National Guard in a new counter-cartel operation are either controlled (57.5 percent) or disputed (23.3 percent) by the cartels. “Only 53 (19.92 percent) enjoy a low level of violence, which means that control is exercised by the authorities,” reported Contralínea on May 4, citing the data on the color-coded map.

[Liberty Valance]

https://youtu.be/W89exAF0_s0
Love Me Do - The Tejano wey ....

[Fai Mao]

“Tell me,
What the Cartels Don’t own.”

Well, most of the dopers I’ve met have been Democrats. So maybe not the US Republican vote?

[PIF]

Not the map used in the article - it is unreadable

the disputed territory is all the "Government" of Mexico controls

[infool7]

Surprising there is nothing

indicated north of the border.

7

[eartick]

Well the US can match that.

About 99% of our FERAL Government do not give a shiite about the We the People crowd and control 100% of the country.

[eartick]

Trump can now use this to declare a national emergency and get the border wall up much faster.

ehhhh, didn't this already happen???????

[Envisioning]

Cruz has been a real disappointment on this to say the least. I have heard the Texas politicians say closing the border would ‘hurt’ the Texas economy. The Texas economy has never been stronger and it ain’t because of Mexico.......

Our government better start listening to The We The People or things are going to have to get ugly.

[ealgeone]

It's a plea for more money.

However, I don't doubt it.

With all that being said, we truly have an enemy on the southern border that is now hostile to the US.

CLOSE THE BORDER, MR. PRESIDENT.

[neverevergiveup]

I hope all those Americans who use cocaine and other drugs recreationally are happy with themselves.

I wonder whether there is a political distinction to illicit drug use (i.e. liberals vs. conservatives)?

[mrmeyer]

The cartels are the fault of the Mexicans and their government for being corrupt which is a reflection of their people and their culture. We owe them nothing.

[LouAvul]

I suspect a similar percentage of our own democRAT career politicians are also controlled by those monsters. A “clear and present danger”, if you ask me.

[mowowie]

I like that.
You are absolutely right, President Trump is really one of the few true RINO’s out there.

[i_robot73]

Hmmm, IMO, think this gives the illegals, and their treasonous lawyer trainers, the ammo (excuse the pun) needed for claiming asylum.

[unread]

THIS is very interesting... I have been saying all long, the invasion is all about the narcotics.. Any darn fool can see the vast majority of the invaders (probably 90%) are men of military age, but all we hear about is "THOSE POOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN."!
And now we discover the cartels are actually trying to takeover parts of our major cities, just like they doing in Mexico.. And succeeding at it I might add.. The really sad part is, we are letting them do it without even the smallest challenge...
I'm at the point where I absolutely despise Washington DC and those worthless SOB's that run the place.. :(

[Mariner]

US troops in Mexico is the talk of loons.

[central_va]

But the USA has status of forces agreements with Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq etc. etc. etc. etc.

You're the loon.

[central_va]

We need a cooperative military agreement with Mexico. Just like in Afghanistan and many other failed states..

[Texas resident]

You are dead on.

The cartels started taking power in the border states back in the 1990’s. The Mexican govt didn’t stop them then, so they kept on growing and taking territory.

[bert]

The Cartel headquarters are known.

Drones and hellfires should be sent in wide spread simultaneous destruction. The action is an act of war. Law enforcement has faied.

Dead women and children must not be feared. They are the enemy and must be destroyed. Mexcico is powerless to defend. America must bloody the Mexican countryside with dismembered Cartel corpses

[unread]

"Yeah it would be complicated. But those cartels are our fault, we supported them by using their drugs."

We.?? You got a mouse in your pocket..?