Suspected Mexican drug traffickers from the Zetas drug cartel on 20 September drove two trucks to a main avenue in the Mexican Gulf coast city of Boca del Rio in Veracruz state and dumped 35 corpses during rush hour while gunmen stood guard, menacing frightened motorists with automatic weapons.
So, why is this being written about here?
Well, if for no other reason, Mexico’s drug cartels have declared a de facto war with the government for control of the country’s northern provinces for exports routes into the United States.
Meanwhile, Washington, fixated on the decade-old war on terror, the Middle East and stopping Palestine’s incipient bid for statehood at the UN, doesn’t even mention a yawn, despite the fact that in the last five years drug violence has claimed more than 35,000 Mexican lives, according to government figures. And that’s the low end of the curve, as a number of human rights groups estimate that the true death toll is 40,000.
Full article: Mexican Government Under Assault From Drug Cartels
Simple solution legalize drugs, there will be much less profits, it will come out of the shadows, it will be taxable.
Stop being racist
Actually, the US gov't has troops down there. They protect our border, Mexico's civil war isn't our problem yet. Deal with it.
In related news, the sun rose in the east this morning.
There won't be that much in the way of externalities, look at the Netherlands' and Portugal's drug legalization programs, abuse has not risen in these countries. Most people will never do cocaine, will some people smoke more weed, probably. Drugs are illegal and abused, the externality presently is the bloodshed, look at all the random drivebys, now not everyone is tied to drugs, but a fair number are as are all those innocent people who get caught in the crossfire. The war on drugs has failed and it's time to admit it.
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