Friday, December 14, 2018




THE CONTINUED VIGILANTE STATE OF MEXICO.

            It was 10:00pm in Bastrop Texas, pick any spot in the US, when the “Defend Our Ground”, DOG’s for short, stormed the police station during shift change. In a matter of minutes, the Bastrop Police Department had two shifts of Officers detained without resisting. The DOG’s numbered well over 400 at the time of the incident and their demands were quickly relayed to the state. They had grown tired of the ongoing drug trafficking and violence in their city and their perception was the leadership of the city, to include the Police Department and the county Sheriff were complacent with the crimes that were continuing to take place.
            By 2:00am, over 1000 members of the DOGs had arrived in the city of Bastrop and began to go door to door looking for those they knew were involved in the crimes that had been taking place in the area. People in the city, ether welcomed the DOGs or they simply did what they had been doing for years, they stayed inside. The state’s response team of negotiators, trained to deal with many of the Local Defense Units, insert  Autodefensas here,  arrived at 6:00am and began to negotiate with the DOGs for their departure. After a few hours, a temporary agreement was reached and the DOG’s left the city of Bastrop. Their social media announcement stated they would allow the state to address the issues of the city, but they would return if they felt the situation was not getting better.
            The Bastrop Incident was the fifth in the past 30 days for the state, but that still put them well behind four other states suffering from the same type of incidents. How the government regains the trust of the people has become the most complex crisis the nation has faced since the Civil War.
            If you know Texas and you know where Bastrop is, you may think this sounds outrageous. You can sit there and tell yourself, “that could never happen here”. Well, I have bad news for you. It doesn’t have to happen here. It happens every day of the week in Mexico. Imagine your Police Department being taken over by what the people in the US still call,  Vigilantes, but many in Mexico now call necessary. Imagine these groups being so well organized and supported they hold recruiting events in your town, city? Imagine the power of Social Media in the hands of those who no longer have any trust in the government? Yes, I am talking about Mexico and not the US, but let me take you back to a statement I’ve been making for years now. Where is Mexico? If Mexico falls into a true collapsed nation-state, what are the repercussions for the US?  What if the enemies of the US see the opportunity to weaponize what is taking place in Mexico? How long can this go on before something truly falls apart? The elites in Mexico City look on from their guarded estates as the Northern and Western frontiers of Mexico continue to burn. Can one “feel good” Socialist President suddenly come into power and change what is taking place? Or……could he decide to embrace it? When Muammar Gathafi realized he could not stop the social decay inside of Libya, he did the next best thing, he joined, or at least he tried to.
UPOEG:
            Union of Peoples and Organizatoins of Guerrero State. If you live inside of Mexico City, this is a group of malcontents, riffraff simply not understanding their place in Mexican society. If you live in Guerrero or several other states in Mexico and you have lived under the corruption of violence that has been Mexico’s drug world for decades now, what is the UPOEG?
in the beginning, there was the generic, “Autodefensas” and the good Doctor Mireles of Michoacan. Soon, other groups began to pop up. Some were legitimate attempts to keep the people safe, but others were designed by both the government and the drug gangs, often together, to discredit what was taking place. The idea of destroying the hope of a social uprising to defend the people was the goal. Through all of this, one fact stands clear. The Mexican people continue to make every attempt to find the one thing they truly desire. Peace. The ability to go to bed at night and know the Police Department is truly there to protect you and not drug shipments. The dream that your government is actually trying to rid your committee of the violence that has ruled your whole life. Folks, I’ve talked about this “movement” in Mexico for over 10 years now and there is one reason why. If Mexico falls apart, the stability of the US will become an issue. Even worse, if the US’s enemies find a way to weaponize Mexico, the US will have to pull it’s attention away from the Middle East or the Pacific or even Europe. Mexico is not just a trading partner for the US. Mexico is a Neighbor and it’s a neighborhood that is burning. Does the US just stay inside the safety of it’s border and watch the fire spread?

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