Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one

Post by IfOnlyYouKnew » Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 12:51 AM UTC

emmelaich wrote: post #76

jiofih wrote: post #4

The US government spends trillions on the military, what stops them from descending with a crapload of police forces into a city like this and putting an end to it?

Building the wall will inhibit smugglers. We'll see if it reduces the cartels income. What the USA should not do (again) is " purposely allowed licensed firearms dealers to sell weapons to illegal straw buyers, hoping to track the guns to Mexican drug cartel leaders and arrest them " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal

Post by jasonwatkinspdx » Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 12:55 AM UTC

emmelaich wrote: post #76

jiofih wrote: post #4

The US government spends trillions on the military, what stops them from descending with a crapload of police forces into a city like this and putting an end to it?

Building the wall will inhibit smugglers. We'll see if it reduces the cartels income. What the USA should not do (again) is " purposely allowed licensed firearms dealers to sell weapons to illegal straw buyers, hoping to track the guns to Mexican drug cartel leaders and arrest them " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal

Post by redis_mlc » Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 1:09 AM UTC

IfOnlyYouKnew wrote: post #5

jiofih wrote: post #4

The US government spends trillions on the military, what stops them from descending with a crapload of police forces into a city like this and putting an end to it?

International law? And, also, just "law". One of the better developments of last few decades is that national borders are, for the most part, no longer subject to violent change. That's due to territory simply losing importance: raw materials are insignificant, economically, compared to the fruits of intellectual labor. Borders have also become much more porous: the conflict in Northern Ireland, for example, lost muc…

Post by adventured » Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 1:18 AM UTC

emmelaich wrote: post #79

voisin wrote: post #9

This really should be made into a movie. It is absolutely astonishing and there are a lot of details I’d be interested in knowing about her campaign.

Sorta related, this is a good film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicario_(2015_film) Also, one of the subplots in the excellent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel_(film) is in Mexico. Babel is by Mexican directors and writers. See the previous two in the triptych too.

Post by linuxftw » Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 1:28 AM UTC

unnouinceput wrote: post #84

Mustache wrote: post #77

I've been trying to think of ideas of how they could help themselves. The only thing I can think of is to use technology - camera's everywhere, body cams and tracking devices on vehicles and people. I know they aren't wealthy, but the town could put cameras on the streets like the do in London. I'm just brainstorming here... Such a sad situation they are in.

I like idealistic people. Please, never change. Me, on the other hand, as a citizen of a very corrupt corrupt country in which the specter of communism still linger heavily, I wonder how many officials would either "malfunction" cameras when cartel members would be caught on video OR would actively help cartel members organize their kidnappings.