Mexico - widespread cartel violence

[JustinCharge 2,397]

There were some strange articles this morning about the US government advising US government workers in Tijuana to "shelter in place", which basically means "you remember Afghanistan how we abandoned everyone and left them to their own devices?  Yah we not coming to help you either!"  But none of the articles would say what is going on.  The only article actually going into specifics was from VICE, which says this is a cartel attacking the country in retalition for the Mexican government cracking down on the CJNG cartel.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7ze4q/mexico-cjng-siege-doble-r

 

Whole Cities Are Under Siege by Narcos in Mexico

Cartel violence has wracked Mexico since the reported arrest of cartel leader Ricardo Ruiz, or “Doble R.” Now AMLO is claiming Doble R was never arrested.

By Luis Chaparro

CIUDAD JUAREZ — Over the past four days multiple Mexican cities faced an onslaught of attacks from drug cartel militias, showing the government’s continued inability to stop criminal groups from causing chaos in some of the country’s largest cities.

The western states of Jalisco and Guanajuato were under siege for around 10 hours on August 9 reportedly after Mexican authorities busted up a meeting between several important leaders of factions of the hyper violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG. The cities of Guadalajara, Irapuato, Celaya and Leon saw numerous cars and buses engulfed in flames to block off traffic arteries, while a reported 25 convenience stores were also set on fire.

Rumors swirled throughout the following day about the capture of Ricardo Ruiz, alias “RR” or “Doble R,” one of the top leaders of the CJNG in western Mexico. But on Thursday, Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador denied the arrest took place after being pressed by journalists during his morning news conference.

He said that 16 people were arrested during the attacks, without providing their identities, “but they [the arrested] are supposed to be influential people, because that is why there was such a strong reaction.”

In October 2019 Mexican authorities detained Ovidio Guzmán, the son of incarcerated Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, in the city of Culiacan. Sinaloa Cartel associates laid siege to the city in an attempt to pressure the government to release Ovidio Guzmán, who relented, and allowed the younger Guzmán to escape. López Obrador later admitted that he gave the order himself to release Ovidio Guzmán to stop the attacks throughout the city.

“These acts are pressure tactics that have worked for the cartels to pressure the government in turn. And it’s nothing new,” Alejandro Hope, a prominent Mexican security analyst, told VICE World News. “Criminal organizations don’t really need an enormous amount of people. These kinds of attacks are pretty easy and cheap to carry and they generate huge chaos.”

The president did not explain how he intended to quell the ongoing violence. As López Obrador spoke, most businesses and schools remained closed as fearful residents barricaded themselves inside their homes.

 

 

 

 

[Hardcore troubadour 12,593]

No elites were harmed in the making of that video. 

[craftsman 1,045]

The cartels have been owning the Biden administration since day one. They are embarrassing the US. 

[wiffleball 4,631]

Seriously, we should invade and annex. 

[easilyscan 553]

Violence from the cartels....... I don't believe it

 

[wiffleball 4,631]

Nobody would see this coming, but i could easily see a coalition of like Cuba and Venezuela and other countries just marching the hell right in. Mexico is a failed state. And it's not part of Nato. 

 

 

[Hardcore troubadour 12,593]

7 minutes ago, wiffleball said:

Nobody would see this coming, but i could easily see a coalition of like Cuba and Venezuela and other countries just marching the hell right in. Mexico is a failed state. And it's not part of Nato. 

 

 

Yeah, Mexico is in better shape than those two. They ate the zoo animals in Venezuela during their food shortage. 

[peenie 1,690]

Cancun is safe.

[Bert 1,087]

On 8/14/2022 at 6:37 AM, peenie said:

Cancun is safe.

Bless your heart.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2022/06/29/in-mexico-drug-cartels-threaten-prized-tourist-destinations-on-the-mayan-riviera_5988405_19.html

https://www.asisonline.org/security-management-magazine/latest-news/online-exclusives/2022/collateral-damage-cartel-activity-spills-over-into-tourist-resorts/