The Situation in Mexico

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Drifting off topic? Maybe start a new Bukele thread?

We already have one: Nayib Bukele, the savior of El Salvador?

 

[Carlos Alberto]

Drifting off topic? Maybe start a new Bukele thread?

I think the discussion of Bukele started because Puma was discussing whether it would be right for the Mexican government to take a hard line against the cartels. He argued that it would not be good for Mexico to act like Bukele in El Salvador but I can't really follow his logic.

I think the discussion around Bukele is just obscuring the question, should the Mexican government be conducting a war against the cartels?

My thoughts on that: Claudia Sheinbaum expressed that we can't really do that because there is no legal frame to justify the army or police forces to just start shooting without due process. In my opinion this is a lame excuse. I think the real reason is something else.

Two possibilites:

1. Maybe the cartels are stronger than the government forces since they are supported by the deep state with arms, training, money laundering and operations in many other countries. So, it wouldn't be wise to start a violent war that we are not going to win.

2. Maybe both the Mexican government and the cartels are controlled by the deep state and the government is just acting their role in the play.