Here are some juicy bits. It's mostly about weed, which is the bulk of the cartels' revenue. Truth be told, it's kinda propagandaish, but it makes some good points:

" data-url="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ICWQ6AGWb_M " target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://www.youtube.com/embed/ICWQ6AGWb_M But if you want the nutshell to start off: The spark that started the war was in 2006 when the then Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced his crack down on the drug cartels while in office, in which the cartels said "what the fuck did you say, bitch?" and started shooting back. The Narco War (yeap, it's a real word) in Mexico is fueled by the high prices charged for the drugs being sold out to the world, and the U.S. in particular. The very thing that drives the high prices and lucrativeness of the illegal drugs trade is the very fact that it's illegal while still in demand. As with alcohol prohibition in the 1920s, when you ban a product that is still in demand after it's ban, the risk in it's trade is compensated for by high prices and huge profits, the likes of which profits can pay not only for weapons of war (AK-47s, M-16s, RPG rocket launchers, grenades, bombs, you name it), it can also pay for protection and recruitment from corrupt elements within local, state, federal police, and military. Think of the roaring 20, except only in Mehico. Also, Google this: "mexico drug war atf gun running". The fact that some of our guns ended up leaked to Mexico has been used as an argument towards the banning of them. Expound upon what I told with you with examples, an opinion here or there, a counter opinion, a fact antithesis, and I'm sure you'll have an awesome paper. Hell, your paper may cause change in this country. All I'm saying is don't underestimate the Butterfly Effect in this day and age.

@tall dark and aries

20 Years1,000+ PostsAries

Forgot to add about the ATF gun running thing. They "wanted to see where the guns ended up," as if a Narco Warrior is going to give his shit back.

The only solutions to the Narco War would be:

A: Nuke the shit out of Mexico.
B: Decriminalize and regulate drugs. Afterall, how can you possibly stop a drug war when the product that generates the revenue to support the war is traded so far underground?

@brianafay

19 Years25,000+ PostsSagittarius

Posted by tall dark and aries
Here are some juicy bits. It's mostly about weed, which is the bulk of the cartels' revenue. Truth be told, it's kinda propagandaish, but it makes some good points:

" data-url="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ICWQ6AGWb_M " target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://www.youtube.com/embed/ICWQ6AGWb_M But if you want the nutshell to start off: The spark that started the war was in 2006 when the then Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced his crack down on the drug cartels while in office, in which the cartels said "what the fuck did you say, bitch?" and started shooting back. The Narco War (yeap, it's a real word) in Mexico is fueled by the high prices charged for the drugs being sold out to the world, and the U.S. in particular. The very thing that drives the high prices and lucrativeness of the illegal drugs trade is the very fact that it's illegal while still in demand. As with alcohol prohibition in the 1920s, when you ban a product that is still in demand after it's ban, the risk in it's trade is compensated for by high prices and huge profits, the likes of which profits can pay not only for weapons of war (AK-47s, M-16s, RPG rocket launchers, grenades, bombs, you name it), it can also pay for protection and recruitment from corrupt elements within local, state, federal police, and military. Think of the roaring 20, except only in Mehico. Also, Google this: "mexico drug war atf gun running". The fact that some of our guns ended up leaked to Mexico has been used as an argument towards the banning of them. Expound upon what I told with you with examples, an opinion here or there, a counter opinion, a fact antithesis, and I'm sure you'll have an awesome paper. Hell, your paper may cause change in this country. All I'm saying is don't underestimate the Butterfly Effect in this day and age.

ty!!!

@LibraSid

16 Years1,000+ PostsLibra

I can get you some pictures of the people they murder and chop up to put in that paper if you like...

@brianafay

19 Years25,000+ PostsSagittarius

ick! I don't think we're supposed to be using pictures

@LibraSid

16 Years1,000+ PostsLibra

Aww, I got one of a former Zeta Leader in Quintana Roo, Bernardo Gonzalez. He was killed in a confrontation with military personnel. He's slumped over with blood everywhere and the top his head blown open. It'd be great for a paper on Mex-sick-o's drug problems.

There was another I saw where the Zetas had chopped up this woman for snitching (I think that's why they did it) but they left her body parts out in the street to be found with a sign warning people not to cross them. The sign had a big Z signature. Since I can't read spanish, it looked like Zorro slashed her up or something.

@LibraSid

16 Years1,000+ PostsLibra

No wonder they fight so much with each other, their areas over lap depending which map you look at. Maybe if they just divided it up right then all the cartels could push there product without so much fighting... yeah...

@tall dark and aries

20 Years1,000+ PostsAries

Damn LibraSid, good one! I'm gonna have to check Stratfor out more often. I've heard about it before, but never really checked it out. As for dividing up the territory among the cartels in the interest of peace, that will likely allow for easier law enforcement infiltration. Them constantly shooting at each other no doubt makes it much harder for cops, not to mention that greed is a factor. I also wouldn't doubt that the cartel gunman are hopped up on blow or speed for courage.

Another couple articles for ya Bri, concerning death tolls:

http://qwstnevrythg.com/2011/03/death-squads-mexico/

http://neglectedwar.com/blog/archives/961

Yeah, shit's nuts down there. A friend of mine in college actually wanted to visit there for Spring Break. It didn't take too much talking for me to convince him otherwise.

Here's another video: " data-url="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UWRoAv-bMnw " target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://www.youtube.com/embed/UWRoAv-bMnw God I love the sound of an M2 .50 caliber machine gun going off (the deep thumping sounding gun). Since the Federal Gov't has shown it's ineptitude at securing our borders, militias have popped up in the Southwest, particularly Arizona (vid is near the bottom of the page): <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/04/jack-harper-arizona-citizen-militia_n_804409.html" data-url="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/04/jack-harper-arizona-citizen-militia_n_804409.html" rel="nofollow%20noopener">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/04/jack-harper-arizona-citizen-militia_n_804409.html</a>

@tall dark and aries

20 Years1,000+ PostsAries

Recently erected police station attacked, force quits:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39863570/ns/world_news-americas/

@brianafay

19 Years25,000+ PostsSagittarius

thanks guys!!!!

This might be a shot in the dark (har har)

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