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SFandH
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People or drug smugglers on their way back to Mexico. That's a mountainous area that is difficult to police, especially at night. There are few roads
and it's a hard place to build effective barriers.
And the smugglers aren't necessarily cartel members, just common criminals from TJ.
Tough to stop spending any amount of money
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baja-chris1
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If americans stopped consuming drugs somehow, the organized crime would not go away. They already have tenacles into argiculture, energy,
transportation, etc. Until Mexico deals with the corruption, both on the law enforcement side and on the justice side, things will never change.
Imagine drugs are gone over night. Now what? Ban avocados? Fuel? It never ends until corruption is reeled in.
Regarding Trump, best to judge by what he DOES and not what he SAYS. I believe much of what he says is just an effort to influence people, not what
he will actually do. Very dangerous IMHO but it is what it is.
War on drugs is proven to be hopeless and a massive waste of money but the problems with organized crime run MUCH deeper than drugs.
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Quote: Originally posted by baja-chris1  | If americans stopped consuming drugs somehow, the organized crime would not go away. They already have tenacles into argiculture, energy,
transportation, etc. Until Mexico deals with the corruption, both on the law enforcement side and on the justice side, things will never change.
Imagine drugs are gone over night. Now what? Ban avocados? Fuel? It never ends until corruption is reeled in.
Regarding Trump, best to judge by what he DOES and not what he SAYS. I believe much of what he says is just an effort to influence people, not what
he will actually do. Very dangerous IMHO but it is what it is.
War on drugs is proven to be hopeless and a massive waste of money but the problems with organized crime run MUCH deeper than drugs.
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Valid points. Seems like attacking the scourge of organized crime is necessary.
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Tioloco
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| Quote: Originally posted by JDCanuck | | Most Americans do believe what he says about tariffs, unfortunately. USD is now declining again, consumer sentiment falling amidst expectations of
higher inflation and higher interest rates. But I agree, best to just ride it out and see how much is bluster. No need to panic...yet
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The real panic was averted in the first week of November. Akin to pulling out of a death spiral. Expectations of higher inflation? Kinda have to
expect that after such a drunken spending spree.
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| Quote: Originally posted by surabi |
Typical Fox "news" report. How do they know it was cartel? It doesn't say anything about identifying the attackers, only about the victims, says an
investigation is underway.
Coulda been some trigger-happy MAGA thinking the hikers were illegal migrants. |
I linked that news report simply because it was the most recent at the time. The below linked website seems to rate that news organization highly.
KSWB – Fox5 – San Diego – Bias and Credibility
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/kswb-fox5-san-diego-bias/
"Overall, we rate KSWB – Fox5 – San Diego Least Biased based on neutral straight news reporting without offering opinion pieces. We also rate them
High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact check record."
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