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Bad business for Baja news websites reporting on crime
AFN and Narcotijuana have been dead in the past few weeks for lack of to put it bluntly, murders in northern baja. Haven't seen it this quiet in
years.
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DENNIS
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"No news is good news."
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Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
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You're suggesting that there might be some coercion involved?
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toneart
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Jesse=cryptic  
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DENNIS
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Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
You're suggesting that there might be some coercion involved? |
Maybe Torres is getting his way.
Remember "1984" the book...not the year? New-Speak. Eliminate the word and you eliminate the concept. If the word "Crime" didn't exist, there would
be no such thing as "Crime." That was the idea anyway.
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k-rico
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Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
AFN and Narcotijuana have been dead in the past few weeks for lack of to put it bluntly, murders in northern baja. Haven't seen it this quiet in
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Jesse, you seem to be up on the crime scene here in TJ, do you (or anybody else here) think that The Engineer and the remaining AFO folks have the TJ
corridor to themselves now?
The more things change, the more they stay the same?
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There has been much in the Mexican press lately asserting that many feel Calderon has been playing favorites in the drug war to just that end.
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Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
There has been much in the Mexican press lately asserting that many feel Calderon has been playing favorites in the drug war to just that end.
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It is a logical course of action, he's not going to stop the drug trafficking, I think everyone knows that.
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JESSE
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Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
AFN and Narcotijuana have been dead in the past few weeks for lack of to put it bluntly, murders in northern baja. Haven't seen it this quiet in
years. |
Jesse, you seem to be up on the crime scene here in TJ, do you (or anybody else here) think that The Engineer and the remaining AFO folks have the TJ
corridor to themselves now?
The more things change, the more they stay the same? |
The AFO is now in total control, and they want to "cool" the area, no more kidnappings, no more gruesome deaths, no more extorsions. It was bad for
business, and they do seem to understand that the experiment of wild and unlimited violence did not pay off.
IMHO, the cartel struck a deal with the federal goverment and maybe the Sinaloa cartel. Only that would explain the impressive destruction of Teo's
gang. Wich apparently did not get any support from Sinaloa, and was heavily targeted by the federal goverment.
Its too early to tell, but i believe good times are coming to baja.
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Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
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AFN and Narcotijuana have been dead in the past few weeks for lack of to put it bluntly, murders in northern baja. Haven't seen it this quiet in
years. |
Jesse, you seem to be up on the crime scene here in TJ, do you (or anybody else here) think that The Engineer and the remaining AFO folks have the TJ
corridor to themselves now?
The more things change, the more they stay the same? |
The AFO is now in total control, and they want to "cool" the area, no more kidnappings, no more gruesome deaths, no more extorsions. It was bad for
business, and they do seem to understand that the experiment of wild and unlimited violence did not pay off.
IMHO, the cartel struck a deal with the federal goverment and maybe the Sinaloa cartel. Only that would explain the impressive destruction of Teo's
gang. Wich apparently did not get any support from Sinaloa, and was heavily targeted by the federal goverment.
Its too early to tell, but i believe good times are coming to baja. |
Hope you're right.
Just like the old days.
Unintended consequences of the drug war, AFO is back and folks are glad!! .
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Does this mean there's going to be some kind of peaceful coexistance?
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Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Does this mean there's going to be some kind of peaceful coexistance? |
Hopefully. Is there any other peaceful way?
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But, there's still a huge camel that stuck its nose into the tent. It's called "The War on Drugs". Y'all know how I feel about that. But it ain't
going away anytime soon. So, are we just rolling back the clock ten years?
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DENNIS
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Does this mean there's going to be some kind of peaceful coexistance? |
Hopefully. Is there any other peaceful way? |
I'm not sure this is what the writers of the Merida Initiative had in mind.
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Very true. However, as a Nomad sage posted here some time back, given Mexico's GDP, the dinero involved in the Merida Initiative seems like poquito
cambio.
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Very true. However, as a Nomad sage posted here some time back, given Mexico's GDP, the dinero involved in the Merida Initiative seems like poquito
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It's not the money. It's the act of capitulation that leaves the government a partner in crime. I don't think this will be well received.
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By who, por favor? Just saying that this mierda has been going on for decades. What negative fallout do you anticipate? And bear in mind that the PRD
is not a party that is going to run on exterminating drugs.
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DENNIS
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Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
By who, por favor? |
The United States. Can't believe you had to ask.
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Unbelievable! This is exactly the scenario I dreamed up in my imagination as to how to stop the violence. Nobody suggested it that I read. I was
trying to think outside of the box; morals be damned. To me the most critical thing that HAD to be done was to stop the violence!
I put my idea up here on The Nomad a couple of times and didn't get any agreement, but I did get the normal reactionary opposition. 
Like any political action (or non action) money is always at the root. When the stupid War on Drugs got to the point of diminishing returns, the
government pulled the plug and made the deal. Now maybe Mexico can recover from its slide into a failed state, beginning with the return of its
tourist trade. And maybe its people can come back out into the light without worry for their lives.
Of course, for me...People come first.
Our planet is entering in a whole new paradigm. If you can't see it coming, you will be blindsided by it and left behind.
"There's something happening here and you don't know what it is; do you, Mr. Jones?"--Bob Dylan
"If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem!"--Bob Dylan
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I think some here are jumping to conclusions.
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