BajaNomad

An analytical look at Mexico's Violence, an interesting read

CortezBlue - 4-25-2013 at 02:49 AM

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-04-12/opinions/38492...

paranewbi - 4-25-2013 at 05:21 AM

The premise of the writers is to prosecute those who kill under the guise of war. If the elimination of killing, i.e. murder, is the goal...the drug cartels still exist expectently in a 'peacefull' state of cooperation. The writers seem to find this exceptable in that they hold high the many areas where these cartels live 'in peace'.
The end result is probable of corruption, narco states, pseudo governments, controled by the wealth and domination of the cartels.

Think this through oh those of many credentials! What is their conclusion? Keep the unlawfull from killing themselves (they don't provide commentary on who the casualties are en mass) so the unlawfull can thrive?

Pescador - 4-25-2013 at 06:54 AM

Interesting article and may come closer to hitting the nail on the head than most of the other garbage printed. In my experience, Mexico spends very little money on the infastructure of crime and except for old tactics like rapping people on the knuckles, or worse, the criminal investigation is very lacking and almost non existent.

We had a stolen boat motor at the marina which left a really good fingerprint of the thief and when I pointed this out and asked the commandante if they were going to run the prints, he just kinda laughed and said probably would if they ever got a kit to do that. Who knows about a registry.

In another case we had a serious rash of breakins and the Ministerial police knew exactly who had committed the crimes as they caught him with possession of the items, but until someone actually provided a video from a security system, he went unpunished and did not go to jail. As soon as the DA had the video, there was no hesitation. So, I can imagine how hard it must be to prosecute a murder.

DENNIS - 4-25-2013 at 08:05 AM

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Originally posted by Pescador
We had a stolen boat motor at the marina which left a really good fingerprint of the thief and when I pointed this out and asked the commandante if they were going to run the prints, he just kinda laughed and said probably would if they ever got a kit to do that. Who knows about a registry.



I don't like making comparisons between the US and Mexico, but do you think the stateside police would involve a crime lab over a stolen outboard motor?
I'm not sure.

CortezBlue - 4-25-2013 at 01:46 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
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Originally posted by Pescador
We had a stolen boat motor at the marina which left a really good fingerprint of the thief and when I pointed this out and asked the commandante if they were going to run the prints, he just kinda laughed and said probably would if they ever got a kit to do that. Who knows about a registry.



I don't like making comparisons between the US and Mexico, but do you think the stateside police would involve a crime lab over a stolen outboard motor?
I'm not sure.


Or would they just say they ran the prints?

My son's college buddy bought a $8K mountain bike, go figure? Any who, it was stolen from his garage less than a week after buying it.

Low and behold it showed up on Craigslist within 24 hours.

It is a very rare bike and he added some very specific 3rd party options.

He called the police and pleaded his case, showed pictures, serial numbers etc.

Low and behold the cops went to the house. Looked at the bike and the serial number was ground off. So he showed the picture on his phone from a few days before it was stolen, no good. The cop wouldn't do anything.

bacquito - 4-25-2013 at 03:18 PM

There are some articles associated with your posted article that indicate that cartels are also killing whole families including children.
One of the problems is the failure of the Mexico judicial to convict criminals. The criminals are simply not afraid of the Mexico judicial system