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?
