Two Fronts to Create Panic
Sunday’s criminal actions were not only intended to hinder the movement of law enforcement, but also to generate panic and anxiety among the civilian population and affect the beneficiaries of government social programs.
Drug War
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People’s Mañanera February 23
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the operation against El Mencho and El Tuli, US intelligence sharing, and more than 80% of 23,000 weapons seized originate in US.
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Imperialism: Bankers, Drug Wars & Genocide
Free trade and privatizations devastated Mexico and produced the workforce, US intelligence services facilitated access to firepower, & US finance capital laundered billions & used drug profits to prop up the capitalist financial system after the 2008 crisis.
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Former DEA Agent Sentenced for Protecting Drug Trafficking Friends
Such cases are not rare for the corrupt American institution, which portrays itself as waging some sort of Drug War, but in reality operates as a critical management link between drug traffickers and the US security state.
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Sheinbaum: “Vultures” on the Right are Calling for a Return to the War on Drugs
Mexico’s President commented that, “Justice is the only way to build peace and security, social justice where there is zero impunity. That is why the judiciary was reformed.”
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DEA Proposed Attacking Cartels in Mexico; White House Rejected Idea
The ostensibly “anti-drug” agency called for attacks on drug trafficking leaders and military strikes on infrastructure, according to the Washington Post.
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Clicks September 7
Our weekly roundup of Mexican political stories in the English and Spanish language press, including Rubio’s visit, no progress on 40 hour workweek, Sheinbaum informa, Taibo II, minimum wage increases, US military & the drug trade, Monroe Doctrine, & Morena’s sectional committees.
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Capitalism is Synonymous with Crime
Any form of politics that fails to warn people that we are in the age of genocide, or that genocide is occurring elsewhere, leads them to the gallows.
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Latin America, Propaganda & US Interference
The US has justified its interventions in Latin America by constructing a narrative equating the left with narcos, always with help from local elites, writes Alonso Romero.
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The CIA & Corrupt Mexican Agents Created the Big Capos Era
The origins of organized crime and drug trafficking in Mexico begin with a CIA project of anti-communism, political repression, and right wing death squads deployed throughout Latin America.
