I know quite a bit about the troubles in Mexico.
Bottom line: the cartels will always fight for the moolah is enormous. The Mexican government will pretend a war on the cartels while surreptitiously backing one against the other, then betraying the winner in order to keep any one of them from becoming top dog. That way it keeps a semblance of control and the moolah moving. At present, it is backing Sinaloa cartel against Juarez cartel in fight for Cd. Juarez's plaza, i.e., concession, franchise, which is sold like any other good. This is the way it is, has been, and forever will be, amen.
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If it wanted to, the Mexican government could crush the cartels overnight. But their laundered moolah, a nice chunk off which gets passed on as bribes, is hugely important to the over-all Mexican economy. It is no coincidence that the cities in Northern Mexico, where the drug trade prevails, are the most prosperous.
The long term problem is not one simply involving the US and Mexico but a global one for the Mexican drug cartels have the resources to become world-wide enterprises.
I have contended for years that the primary danger to US national security is Mexico's instability. As the violence crosses the border, we will be threatened a lot more than we realize. |
