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In reply to the discussion: Mexico says it will take legal action against US over El Paso shooting [View all]friend of m and j
(220 posts)the last 20+ years (cost of living is cheaper there). There have been over 250,000 drug related homicides in Mex. since the US intimidated, forced, and bribed (with the Merida Initiative) then President Calderon to declare war on drug cartels in 2006 with a strategy devised by the US. It was called the "kingpin strategy." It involved send military troops into the streets to fight the cartels and catch or kill the leaders of the cartels There were then about 5 or 6 cartels then operating in Mx. Over time the govt. did kill or capture the Kingpins. But the murder rate shot up during that time. But there was unintended consequences. There was a lot of infighting in the cartels over who would be the new leaders. murder rates shot up. the infighting caused all of the cartels split up during those fights and the number of cartels operating shot up drastically and they all fought for territory. murder rates shot up even more. Nearly everyone agrees that the US devised war on Drugs was a colossal failure.
Mexico elected a new President who to took office Dec. 1 last year. he beat the ruling parties that had ruled Mx. for the last 70 years creating a corrupt violent country. The people finally go tired of it and he won 31 of the 32 states in Mx. I could write a long essay about him and what he is doing to make a Mexico a better country but this platform is not the place to do that. I will shorten it to the last thing he said in his victory speech election night.
"promise that I will never lie to you, that I will never steal from you, and that I will never betray you".
Would that we had a President with principals like that.