BUTTERFLIES AND CARTELS

"If we, the US, would stop the militarization of the War on Drugs, the violence would go away". 

"If we legalized drugs, the violence would go away". 

What us the counter to these two schools of thought? 

" This is just the dopeheads wanting their drugs legally". 

" This is just a group of ideological liberals thinking they can wish away the problem". 

There may be other statements from both sides of the issue, but I wanted to use the two most common to make my point, and this time around, my point is myopic. You know my focus rest with the events in Mexico and you know I have this focus given it is Mexico that can create a true Mass Migration event. Stop the militarization of the fight against the terrorist cartels and the illegal drug industry and everything gets better in Mexico. Wrong! Wrong and here is why. 

Money to be made:

It's hard to address the issues of Mexico and do so for several years without coming back to the same examples. So, let me give you something I've said time and time again. Are drugs the only way the terrorist cartels make money? What about the theft of fuels, huge amounts of fuels, so large, the terrorist cartels run their own gas stations? Human trafficking? How many times have I asked you this question? How do thousands of people walk into terrorist cartel controlled territory, along the border with the US, and not pay the peso?  Answer; they do pay. Human Trafficking. It's a huge and growing business for terrorist cartels and the money train doesn't stop there. Natural resources. Have you paid attention to the impact the terrorist cartels have had on the Avacodo industry in Mexico? In regions of Mexico, the run the Avacado farms. Timber. This butterfly activist is now missing over timber, and we all know what, "missing" in Mexico really means. Mr. Gomez has openly challenged the issue of illegal logging. Here is the problem; the terrorist cartels in that area have decided to make money from illegally harvesting timber. End result; Mr. Gomez is now, "missing". By the way, the number of Mexican citizens classified as, "missing" is alarming. "Stop the militarization of the fight on drugs and the violence will go away"? That is an argument that has absolutely no validity. 

The Real Issue: 

"If the government can take whatever they want when they want, then so can we"! Is that a direct statement from one of the terrorist cartel bosses? It might as well be. In a nation that has a crippled judicial system and an overwhelmed law enforcement network that reports to corrupt leadership, what example is being set for the youth of the terrorist cartels? Would an 18-year-old male or now even female not look at the system around them and say, "why not"? What does the middle class of Mexico think when they hear the story of almost an entire police department being detained for questioning; the same department that was detained less than two years earlier? It's not just the youth of Mexico that sees no light at the end of the tunnel. The people who I refer to as the glue of Mexico, the middle class, the light they see in the tunnel is fading and fading fast. 

AMLO's Promises: 

Can a better economic environment decrease the speed at which the light in the tunnel is fading? Yes, but even that potential positive is in deep trouble. Here is the problem. Mexico's President is anti-private investment and as such, he is anti-business. Is this something I made up? No. 

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-falls-off-list-of-10-most-attractive-countries-for-investment/

In simple terms, this global organization states AMLO is bad for business in Mexico. Again, here is the bad news. AMLO wears this stance like a badge of honor. The "Rich" are evil. Corporations are the reason the poor are poor. He proudly calls himself a Revolutionary and there is no doubt he demands the redistribution of wealth in Mexico and honestly, everywhere.  Is this the environment for capital growth? Just what perception does this create for those youthful Mexicans who can't see any light in their future? AMLO is closing the door on any chance of the violence in Mexico subsiding and it seems he knows it. What is he looking to achieve for Mexico? Can he turn the youth of Mexico into a revolutionary movement? In my opinion, that is exactly where AMLO is heading. Remember the other day when I made the comment about AMLO's statement during the CELAC meeting in Mexico? " Mexico is the Big Brother of Latin America and the Caribbean". 

http://coldansviewpoint.blogspot.com/2020/01/amlo-and-celac-true-colors-flying-back.html

The other day, Mexico's President, in his morning press conference, made a statement. He said the purpose of government is to make the people happy. Are kids marching on the grounds of Mexico's universities and cities AMLO's definition of, "happiness"? Have the terrorist cartels and their actions become the fuel for Big Brother's vision for Latin America? Stopping the violence in Mexico doesn't seem to be the goal. Using the violence and a dismantled economy to reach revolutionary status, is that the goal? You want to see a mass migration event unlike anything witnessed in the Americas, let Mexico fall into another revolution against the "Rich...... Corrupt leadership" of Mexico.