Mexican drug war
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- ukit0
"Purported leaders include Nazario Moreno Gonzalez, "El Mas Loco" (The Craziest), who is described as a religious zealot who carries a self-published collection of aphorisms (his "bible," authorities say) and insists that the group's traffickers and hit men lead lives free of drugs and alcohol.
Another leader, Dionicio Loya Plancarte, "El Tio" (The Uncle), is a former military officer. Both have million-dollar bounties on their heads.
They recruit at drug rehab centers and indoctrinate followers with an ideology akin to religious fundamentalism, complete with group prayer sessions. Some armed guards wear uniforms with the FM logo, witnesses say. Failure by a recruit to live by the rules is said to be punishable by death.
Moreno Gonzalez has also forbidden the sale and consumption of methamphetamine in Michoacan because it is such a destructive drug. It is for export only, primarily to the U.S. "
- Sounds like your everyday bible thumping Republican to me...utopian
- utopian0
The entire country is run by the drug cartel
- vitamins0
At first glance I wonder why would anyone want to get involved with the cartels if there's a risk of torture or decapitation. Maybe the economy is so bad that's they're only way of making money. Hopefully the violence doesn't spread into the U.S. but if it does, let's hope it gets erradicated asap.
- Um, have you been to south central Los Angeles?cleantypeface
- Or MacArthur park?cleantypeface
- lol @ anything in the states compared to south of the borders, the states is a bubblemoldero
- Ramanisky20
- just spit in a bucket, and a good photo op.utopian
- exactlyRamanisky2
- still, better they got it then the bad guys.akrokdesign
- monkeyshine0
I read in Newsweek that the cartels are setting up shop in small towns (i.e., Huntsville and Birmingham Alabama) taking advantage of untrained law enforcement who cannot effectively counter them.
- digdre0
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture…
let the italians fight them, no? :p
- very nice pictureselektro
- that's disturbing stuff!!!BannedKappa
- Frosty_spl0
I live in the bad county in atlanta. =(
And I have family in Huntsville Alabama. That's my hometown.
- BattleAxe0
You can run but you can't hide ,
here on the border (El Paso), there was a case of a man forced at gun point from his home in the middle of the day , and ended up dead on the streets of Juarez , the man was said to have stolen money from the cartel he was found with his hands cut off
alos on the border man was found with 3 shots to the back of the head and the suspect was a U.S soldier
the cartels are seding young guns into the U.S Army for training
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08…
- sublocked0
- Excellent moviejfletcher
- +100 awesome movieRamanisky2
- superbzenmasterfoo
- yup good movieLlantera
- VectorMasked0
It would actually be fantastic if Americans decided to stop using drugs.
All those Mexican cartels wouldn't exist.
oh well...
- interesting thought, but the cartels would still exist as the price point on the drugs would just be lower.Point5
- well, a huge market would be gone. they would make more money working at mcd instead.akrokdesign
- nah... The cartels wouldn't really exist. I mean they were nowhere in the past, until the American market opened up.VectorMasked
- The bad economy sure plays a huge roll on this, but the demand from the states has only grown.VectorMasked
- yeah the cartels exist to fuel the american market no doubteieio
- This thread is retarded. People are not going to stop using drugs, period.dMullins
- hahaha I agree w d mullinsMeeklo
- The American market didn't just open up. It was there all along.IRNlun6
- jfletcher0
I believe Mexico has made several drugs legal in small quantities to help break up the cartels. Not sure if it's working...
- dan53820
mass executions anyone? They're doing it to the public (yes I know there are exceptions) but why's not do it back? We can throw heads at the cartels (with religious messages involved of course).
- BattleAxe0
Six Ideas for Re-thinking the War in Mexico
- akrokdesign0
"Ask the people of Juarez, who received the Mexican Military with jubilation, if they still want soldiers on their streets."
the people of juarez. want peace of course. but even with out the soldiers. juarez have always had huge fucking problems as far as i can remember. don't forget juarez has a huge population which is poor. so it's easy for the cartel to wave some cash and get some new members.
it's not the soldiers fault. it's the cartel. the cartel is the terrorist!