Mexican cartels have acquired missiles

rowdyowl said:In all seriousness though, they need to start asking the USA for help.🤷

I guess what can the USA even do to help, considering there are already millions of Mexicans living in America.

If they deploy troops to Mexico, they’re just inviting chaos right into the USA. I guess it's inevitable that some police intelligence will end up being sold to the mafia.

We need to establish 24/7 satellite and drone surveillance over Mexico. We could dismantle these cartels using drones just like we target terrorists in Pakistan. On top of that, we should deploy intelligence assets into Mexico to infiltrate their criminal hierarchies; that’s how you actually get results when fighting drug and human trafficking along the border. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpy9GPukMw

Oh, you really think you’ve stumbled onto some groundbreaking news? Slow down there, buddy... Do you even have any idea what the annual global drug trade is actually worth? We’re talking somewhere in the neighborhood of $400 billion!!! Can you even wrap your head around a number like that?

Now that you've got that massive figure rattling around in your brain, just think for a second—what happens if that whole machine suddenly grinds to a halt? And more importantly, who is actually pulling the strings behind this little operation? You honestly think it’s just some local guys like Ramirez, Gonzalez, or Hernandez, or maybe some cavemen halfway across the world in the mountains?

If you take a second to actually dig into the grit of it and REALIZE that the DEA is deeply embedded in the very structures you'd probably try to take out with a drone strike—well, just draw your own conclusions about who's really running the show... Man, seriously, ask yourself how these cartels and shady operators actually handle all that cash. Where does it actually end up? What do the people at the very top of the food chain do with it? Do you have any clue how many politicians, big banks, and entire governments are tangled up in this mess???

I mean, look, if you were to pick out just five targets for a drone strike from the top 20 most influential drug kingpins out there, the names you'd see would absolutely blow your mind 😉! Just try to grasp the bigger picture here, and leave the rocket launchers to the idiots who live in fear. It won't change much for you anyway... RPGs...

The war against the Cartel de Sinaloa is dragging on and the body count is hitting tens of thousands. Honestly, there's no need for the USA to jump straight into the fray since the Mexican military and police are holding their own pretty well—they even took out the leader of the big Cartel de Sinaloa this month!

The USA will likely collapse as a nation long before the drug trade ever does. And don't even get me started on RPGs—we're talking weapons of mass destruction here. 🙏

Maria Booth said:The war against the Cartel de Sinaloa is dragging on and the body count is hitting tens of thousands. Honestly, there's no need for the USA to jump straight into the fray since the Mexican military and police are holding their own pretty well—they even took out the leader of the big Cartel de Sinaloa this month!

Do you even realize what you just wrote?
The fight against the cartel is actually going pretty well since they took out one of the leaders—but we're talking about a war where the death toll is in the tens of thousands!!!

My friend, if there are that many victims, I wouldn't call that a "successful" war. And honestly—taking out a leader from the Cartel de Sinaloa isn't the huge blow people think it is; they probably already have a replacement ready to go without breaking a sweat.

James Ramos12 said:Do you even realize what you just wrote?
The fight against the cartel is actually going pretty well since they took out one of the leaders—but we're talking about a war where the death toll is in the tens of thousands!!!

My friend, if there are that many victims, I wouldn't call that a "successful" war. And honestly—taking out a leader from the Cartel de Sinaloa isn't the huge blow people think it is; they probably already have a replacement ready to go without breaking a sweat.

Man, the trade just keeps rolling along—it never stops—especially since consumers in the USA are always hungry for it... Poor DEA, acting like they have zero clue... Honestly, the US authorities seem totally lost, and it’s wild how hundreds of billions of dollars just end up straight into the pockets of the Cartel de Sinaloa... If it weren't so ridiculous, it would almost be sad, you know?

I recently stumbled upon a website that covers everything regarding those various cartels and the general state of the drug trade in Mexico.
It’s packed with video footage showing the executions of rival cartel members or their associates—scenes that are truly stomach-turning. We're talking about people being decapitated with chainsaws while sitting against someone else who is just waiting for their own turn to die, or limbs being hacked away with knives and axes. Honestly—even the Taliban look like amateurs compared to them!

James Ramos12 said:Do you even realize what you just wrote?
The fight against the cartel is actually going pretty well since they took out one of the leaders—but we're talking about a war where the death toll is in the tens of thousands!!!

My friend, if there are that many victims, I wouldn't call that a "successful" war. And honestly—taking out a leader from the Cartel de Sinaloa isn't the huge blow people think it is; they probably already have a replacement ready to go without breaking a sweat.

It’s about as successful as things can get. The fact that there’s so much violence shows the government is actually fighting back and making them bleed. Before 2006, when the real crackdown started, nobody was dying like this because half the cops and politicians were basically on the cartel's payroll. Then Calderon sent in the military, and everything just exploded.
Being a cartel kingpin isn't even worth the headache anymore; they're getting wiped out left and right. I don't see what else there is to do that hasn't been tried.
If the USA stepped into Mexico, it would just make everything way harder, not easier. It would stir up all this anti-American sentiment, and the cartels would totally play the "nationalism" card to win people over.

Maria Booth said:It’s about as successful as things can get. The fact that there’s so much violence shows the government is actually fighting back and making them bleed. Before 2006, when the real crackdown started, nobody was dying like this because half the cops and politicians were basically on the cartel's payroll. Then Calderon sent in the military, and everything just exploded.
Being a cartel kingpin isn't even worth the headache anymore; they're getting wiped out left and right. I don't see what else there is to do that hasn't been tried.
If the USA stepped into Mexico, it would just make everything way harder, not easier. It would stir up all this anti-American sentiment, and the cartels would totally play the "nationalism" card to win people over.

So, you actually believe a high body count means the government is winning and successfully hurting the cartels???
Are you even aware—or do you realize—that most of these wars are being fought between rival cartels rather than against the military?
Do you realize that the vast majority of the victims are actually cartel members themselves or civilians caught up in their smuggling operations?
To sum it up: the cartels are getting stronger by the day, which leads to them trying to seize territory from one another—and naturally, that results in more and more deaths during those turf wars!!