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Originally posted by PayMeh
If only there were some country in the world that made it their business to "liberate" other countries from oppression.
If we spent half the time and money trying to fix Mexico as we have the big sandbox, immigration issues and stories like this would not exist.
Originally posted by PayMeh
reply to post by gatorboi117
I don't care if I joined the police force there to cure cancer, a thousand rounds and three grenades is well past the hero/suicidal line.
Originally posted by boondock-saint
so there is a trend going on here.
All of Mexico is falling into criminal
element hands. Within 10 yrs,
Mexico will be a rogue state with no
government and will be completely
run by cartels. Basically, the old
west without a sheriff.
Originally posted by unityemissions
reply to post by toolstarr
Wait you're from Texas? Grow some balls! I'm D/FW area here. Dude, those cartels wouldn't stand a chance trying to invade. The citizens are armed to the teeth, there's militia's everywhere, and we've got our own infantry. If the federal government didn't help in a crunch, screw them. We don't need their crap. Seriously, ain't no damned army of thugs going to try and pull squat around these lands.
Originally posted by laiguana
I've heard that in some states Mexico has already legalized specific amounts of coc aine and marijuana, or just about any drug...but while the drug cartels may be operating in Mexico and other South American countries, much of their operations are funded by U.S. drug consumption.
There's a reason why leaders in Latin American countries were opposing prop 19 in Cali, it's because these governments are so corrupt and also involved in the drug cartels themselves, that they know such a proposition in the United States would significantly reduce their business operations, and much of their affiliated party's financial support.
A great move on California's part...hopefully it goes through.edit on 28-10-2010 by laiguana because: (no reason given)
Pay might be an issue in some cases. I read that the police in Tijuana Mexico had their pay doubled and the corruption went way down when they got enough money from their jobs and didn't have to supplement it with bribes from the cartels. I just spent a few days in Tijuana and police were on every street and pickup trucks full of military guys in camo uniforms were driving by, I must say I felt pretty safe and some of the people I talked to there had come from Texas because they didn't think the towns across the border in Texas were as safe as Tijuana. So the rest of Mexico's towns might take a lesson from Tijuana, they appear to be doing something right!
Originally posted by Soshh
Clearly it was an incredibly unprofessional police force to begin with. This is a ludicrous decision that amongst other more obvious consequences, may begin a trend of police forces quitting and it certainly encourages further attacks on other police forces within Mexico.