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u/fradoboggins · 5 pointsr/changemyview

This should be top comment IMO.

Some tack-on comments:

  • The organizations we're talking about are not really just "drug cartels" anymore -- they've expanded into other markets, e.g.: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/drug-war-mexico-gas-oil-cartel-717563/. I'm personally in favor of legalization, but given this I'm skeptical that it'd be a magic bullet.
  • Viewed through a certain lens, the cartels are starting to look like almost like legitimate competitors to the officially-recognized government. It's been a while since I read this so I don't have the specific quote, but I remember https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005TIM8BW talking about a cartel which enforced (in their own brutal style) a ban on kidnapping within the regions they control (despite profiting from kidnapping in other regions) -- given the police force's failure to stop kidnapping, that's something worth noting. The power vacuum left if a cartel is eliminated is larger than just a slice of the black market.
u/mightymushroom45 · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon
  1. El Narco is about the Mexican drug cartel. I'm from Central California so this is a very interesting and important issue to me!

  2. I read "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer. It's about an ascent on Mt. Everest gone wrong. SO amazingly good and well-written!

  3. Infinite Lake.

  4. I have one!

    Thanks for the contest :D
u/El_Lechon · 1 pointr/mexico

Pero la guerra ya estaba ahí! La violencia no era inminente, ya estaba ocurriendo! pero no salía en los medios, en los 90s todavía mucho control de los medios.

Antes de que entrará Caldedrunk ya estaban secuestrrando, pidiendo piso, y asesinándo.

En los 90s el narcó creció muchísimo en México luego de que cayeran los carteles colombianos. Pensar que Claderón detonó el problema es ingenuo.

Si los dejabas seguir creciendo iban a tomar el control total del país...

Hay un libro muy bueno que estoy leyendo que habla sobre el fenómeno del narco en México, lo recomiendo mucho: https://www.amazon.com/El-Narco-Mexicos-Criminal-Insurgency-ebook/dp/B005TIM8BW