We've spent billions of dollars because those cartels are not easy to be rid of. If all it took was a little bit of resistance from the Mexican people, or any other solution, it would have done.
No you have spent billions because there are billions of dollars at stake, you Americans love to fix things on paper and are too proud and stubborn to realize that you made a mistake.
You tried to criminalize prostitution and tried to criminalize alcohol, how did that worked for you? also there are tons of pot being grown in the USA and a lot iof meth labs, will you blame mexican corruption for those too?
You cant simply write a paper that says that a good or service is illegal, its really hard to criminalize victimless actions.
I'm not sure the number, and it doesn't matter, because as you said there are others to fill the empty slots. Which supports the idea that despite organized resistance the cartels stay around. They aren't going to be done away with by a little push back.
This is not starcraft, its not a either them or us disappear, they will still keep selling drugs, but when people stand up to them they stop using violence directly.
Attacking the source? Really? There are plenty of articles that state the same thing. The guys from Ft. Carson still got sentenced, etc, etc.
Russia Today is a source now?
Also you pointed out that its a common occurence, its not.
LOL. Just stop using yourself as a reference. You are not a recognized expert so it doesn't support your argument. On top of that I don't believe you are talking to people connected to the cartels.
People connected to the cartels are if its rare or as if it was a supersecure bond villian organization?
One of my friends used to be a mule before the drug war started, another works as computer security and sometimes works for organized crime. Its not that uncommon to know people associated to the trade.
I gave you a source, which you questioned. You can find ample sources for the same story, but here you go:
50,000 to kill one guy?
Doubt its such big of an issue when most of the muscle is needed this side of the border.
Sure, just like we've moved the army in every time the cartel has killed an American?
Mexico moves the army everytime there is a scandal
What is the difference between "No, it doesn't shoot bullets. It does buy guns and bullets, and the people who know how to use them" and what you said?
Weren't you the one who said:
Weren't you implying that they were just coked up, mindless pieces of shit?
They are coked up, mindless pieces of shit, but these cartels also buy impunity from the authorities.
The cartels pay up the people that can stand up to them.
Personally I think they are just poor people who want a chance to live rich like the cartel and are willing to take chances to get there. If they were ordered to go kill a rancher I'm sure they would do it. They have to do the same thing in Mexico.
If you are earning minimum wage in the US you are earning more than half the mexicans out there, so its harder and more expensive to sway americans than mexicans.
So you really think that every cartel member who has bribed a high ranking official has been found out and reported in the news. LOL.
The only remaining high cartel member that hasnt been caught is Mayo Zambada, all the others have been caught or killed.
