Mexican police official investigating shooting death of American on border lake is found dead, headl

Originally posted by Soshh
The drugs “cartels” (not really cartels in a true sense) have vastly more power in the region than the government or security forces. This would mean that Mexico is essentially a failed state, if you believe that it is in Mexico’s interests to combat the drugs trade and that they are actively trying to do this.

Mexico’s chief “problem” is that the USA consumes massive quantities of narcotics. The border between the two countries is sparsely populated and the warring between rival “cartels” does not threaten the Mexican regime. It must be accepted that until the USA can stem its need for drugs, then the business opportunity will always be there and the drug smuggling will persist.

Those who control the “cartels” are excellent businessmen; they conduct much of their work quietly and very efficiently. When things are balanced between the cartels, it is quiet and when it is unbalanced things get very bloody.

A war on drugs would create an imbalance that would cause far more trouble than it is worth and it is not dealing with the source of the problem, just treating a symptom of the USA’s need for drugs and even if the drug cartels are destabilised, they will eventually remerge one way or another.

Added to this is that in many ways, Mexico benefits greatly from the drugs trade mainly because the money that the cartels rake in (tens of billions of $ annually with ridiculous profit margins) then needs to be laundered into legitimate enterprises.

It is not in the Mexican government’s interests to interrupt this flow of money. Indeed the level of “cartel” infiltration of the government and security services means that even if it was, it would likely continue regardless.

edit on 13/10/10 by Soshh because: (no reason given)

Keep in mind a lot of the product that come in through mexico is marijuana. Lots of it, but marijuana none the less. We could do things in this country that would curve the need for illegal suppliers and cut their business.

reply to post by GogoVicMorrow


Yep and that is how the war on the mexican drugs trade will be won.