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2020-07-22 Caribbean-Latin America

Mexican president sticks to no-war approach and refuses to use force on drug cartels despite fighters showcasing their weapons in viral videos as murders hit new high of 17,439 for the first half of 2020

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador stressed again he will not use force on drug cartels

The announcement was made Monday as the leftist leader addressed videos that showed the heavy weaponry at the hands of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

The cartel has marked several Mexican security figures on a death list, including Mexico City's police chief who survived an assassination attempt in June

Government data released Monday showed there were 17,439 homicides in the first six months of 2020, an increase of 1.7 percent from the same period in 2019

Murders of women went up 9.2 percent from 2019 to 489

Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top
File under: Narcos

#1 It is bad luck to fight a battle you can't win.

Posted by SteveS 2020-07-22 00:41|| 2020-07-22 00:41|| Front Page Top

#2 IMO, it's more a matter of "They know where I live".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-22 00:43|| 2020-07-22 00:43|| Front Page Top

#3 To me it's more a case of "I'm with them providing political cover."

Posted by AlanC 2020-07-22 07:45|| 2020-07-22 07:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Mexico is a narcostate with all the sham political props on display for the hostage citizens and foreign journalists. Ask anyone doing business in Mexico what the “bite” or “ silver or lead” means and you will get it.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2020-07-22 11:13|| 2020-07-22 11:13|| Front Page Top

#5 He knows the military would get their ass kicked. Too many cartel members with too many guns.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-07-22 12:30|| 2020-07-22 12:30|| Front Page Top

#6 They know where I live and their checks cleared.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-07-22 16:48|| 2020-07-22 16:48|| Front Page Top

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