Mexico's Drug War - Page 42

On October 16 2012 10:15 DreamChaser wrote:


I don't claim to know anything about Mexican armed forces but i guess it works out like how the US armed forces are.

Marines are for combating in sort of "Man to Man" and usually they are better trained at these tasks

A leftist Mexican lawmaker on Thursday presented a bill to legalize the production, sale and use of marijuana, adding to a growing chorus of Latin American politicians who are rejecting the prohibitionist policies of the United States.

The bill is unlikely to win much support in Congress since a strong majority of Mexicans are firmly against legalizing drugs, but may spur a broader debate in Mexico after two U.S. states voted to allow recreational use of marijuana last week. U.S. officials have said it remains illegal and that they are reviewing the state actions.

The split between local and federal governments in the United States is feeding a growing challenge in Latin America to the four-decade-old policies that Washington promoted, and often bankrolled, to disrupt illegal drug cultivation and smuggling.

On November 27 2012 12:02 p4NDemik wrote:

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God fucking dammit.

The decision to withdraw her security team in November last year – and her police escort in January – has come under particular scrutiny.

On November 27 2012 12:02 p4NDemik wrote:

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God fucking dammit.

On November 27 2012 12:02 p4NDemik wrote:

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God fucking dammit.

On November 27 2012 12:24 Franthier wrote:


She is a truly brave woman but I think she really got a "better" death compared to a lot of others who were kidnapped and killed. If you know what I am talking about...

The drug war can only be won with a all out war on cartels, like literally kill them all. There will be a lot of casualties both guilty and innocent. But it is better in the long run if you think about it. I think the Mexican government is still too corrupt to handle the cartels.

On November 27 2012 12:24 Franthier wrote:


She is a truly brave woman but I think she really got a "better" death compared to a lot of others who were kidnapped and killed. If you know what I am talking about...

The drug war can only be won with a all out war on cartels, like literally kill them all. There will be a lot of casualties both guilty and innocent. But it is better in the long run if you think about it. I think the Mexican government is still too corrupt to handle the cartels.

MEXICO CITY — Forgive the Mexicans for trying to get this straight:

So now the United States, which has spent decades battling Mexican marijuana, is on a legalization bender?

The same United States that long viewed cannabis as a menace, funding crop-poisoning programs, tearing up auto bodies at the border, and deploying sniffer dogs, fiber-optic scopes and backscatter X-ray machines to detect the lowly weed?

The success of legalization initiatives in Colorado and Washington in November has sparked a new conversation in a nation that is one of the world's top marijuana growers: Should Mexico, which has suffered mightily in its war against the deadly drug cartels, follow the Western states' lead?

Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, opposes legalization, but he also told CNN recently that the news from Washington and Colorado "could bring us to rethinking the strategy."

Such rethinking has already begun. Shortly after the approval of the U.S. ballot measures, the governor of Colima state, Mario Anguiano, floated the idea of a legalization referendum for his small coastal state. In the Mexican Congress, Fernando Belaunzaran, a lawmaker with the left-wing Democratic Revolution Party, has introduced a national legalization bill. The cartels probably derive 20% to 25% of their drug export revenue from marijuana, and Belaunzaran contends that legalization will eat into profit that allows the cartels to buy the advanced weapons that are the cause of much bloodshed.

Mexico has enacted a law that will ensure that the victims and relatives of crime are compensated with payments and social services from the state.

The law, enacted by President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday, comprises the creation of a fund to pay relatives up to $70,000 in compensation for an innocent victim killed in attacks by drug gangs.

“With this law, the Mexican state hopes to give hope and to comfort the victims and their families,” Pena Nieto said about the law which will come into effect in 30 days.

“There are thousands of people who have suffered the ravages of violence.

"A democratic state must listen to all voices, must be sensitive and humane."

The ratification of the law was one of the main demands of civil groups urging the government to do more to help the victims of drug-related violence.

The bill was approved by congress last April, but former President Felipe Calderon filed an appeal with the supreme court to stop it.

On January 11 2013 04:02 farvacola wrote:
Calderon is such a piece of shit I can barely even imagine how he ever won an election........

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said Monday his administration will shift the nation's anti-crime strategy in a break from the U.S.-backed campaign against drug cartels carried out under his predecessor, Felipe Calderón.

According to multiple media reports, Peña Nieto laid out a plan before Mexico's National Council on Public Security that he would focus more on reducing crimes against ordinary citizens – such as murder, kidnapping, and extortion -- than pursuing the leaders of violent drug cartels. Peña Nieto and members of his cabinet were also critical of the previous administration's policies, which resulted in a drawn out war against cartels that has left tens of thousands dead.

The centerpiece of Peña Nieto's plans is the creation of a 10,000-person national gendarmerie – or paramilitary police force -- designed to patrol far-flung areas where local law enforcement and military forces have failed to eradicate widespread crime. Similar forces are used in European countries like Spain and Italy.

"I am convinced that we're opening a new path, a new route and a new way to address the security of the Mexican people," he said to the gathering of cabinet ministers, state governors and security officials, according to The Associated Press.

While Peña Nieto offered more specifics on the shift than he has since taking office, he did not indicate a timeline for when the force would be established or where or how officers would be recruited. He also reportedly did not say whether he would remove the country's military from the nation's drug war.