Schools close and flights suspended after military raid kills Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes
Whole areas of western Mexico have been all but shut down after a surge in cartel violence sparked by a military raid that killed one of the world’s most wanted drug traffickers, known as “El Mencho”.
Schools were closed in several Mexican states, and foreign governments warned their citizens to stay inside after the drug lord, whose real name is Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, was declared dead on Sunday.
The 59-year-old cartel leader was killed during a shootout after the Mexican military attempted to capture him in a raid supported by intelligence from Washington. The US has been pushing its southern neighbour to take more aggressive action against groups trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine.
Nice to see the CIA is still doing its job of preventing South American countries from becoming too stable or democratic.
And this wild conspiracy speculation is based on…?
To quote Wikipedia: <Citation required>
Yes, yes, om sure the CIA is fucking evil and they’ve overthrown many governments and commit sabotage on a regular basis
None of that means that the CIA had anything to do with this violence.
Having lived through multiple of these violent events in Mexico, this is not a revolution in progress. Mark my words, the worst is behind us, and within a few days this will be utterly go e.
I can tell you this has more to do with the Narcos being fucking violent organizations that are reacting with revenge for their leader.
Why didn’t we do this to the sacklers?
They’re white and rich.
What inevitably happens when you kill a drug boss. Like it or not drug king pins reduce violence and taking them out just leads to their underlings fighting it out for a while until a new one consolidates their rule and you’re back to square one.
Cops and governments love to target them though so they can say they bagged the next pablo Escobar while they ignore the main problem of why people are killing people over drugs: prohibition and poverty.
Instability in a neighbour is the perfect excuse for a fascist expansionist “intervention”. Ugh. Not that I like the cartels or anything. Mexico is stuck between a rock and hard place here.
The people are stuck, the politicians are doing great!
Mexico is stuck between a rock and hard place here.
What? You don’t think Mexico can stop the cartels on their own?
Could the US be any more incompetent? Zero planning for repercussions, just kill kill kill.
Zero planning for repercussions
You’re viewing the backlash as a bug rather than a feature. Vance will be back on TV in a week, arguing the US needs to intervene directly.
Fair. Did not immediately think of other ways the US could abuse its power.
I was thinking it would be much sooner than that
Vance will be back on TV in a week, arguing the US needs to intervene directly.
This was the plan all along
Vance is a clown, he’s got no juice, it’s the project 2025 people calling the shots.
This was the Mexican army, not US
“The US has been pushing its southern neighbour to take more aggressive action”
Acting on US intelligence.
Coerced by Trump…
I mean, what’s your alternative competent plan for dealing with the cartels?
Legalize all drugs and dismantle the CIA
We should do this regardless
That would solve the issue, so we won’t do it.
I mean, what’s your alternative competent plan for dealing with the cartels?
Cut off demand, you’ll never kill every single drug dealer… its insane to think you can do it that way
Hugs not Drugs! /s
