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Mexico cartel chief 'El Chapo' captured alive, says US official

solletica said:
Most Mexicans, i. e. those who have grown up in Mexico, acknowledge that the cartels run the govt. to a large degree and that the whole El Chapo arrest affair was staged.

The only people who don't know this are naive Americans who have no street smarts and buy whatever their govt. tells them (i. e. "Iraq has WMDs", "the NSA doesn't spy", "we don't torture", . . .)
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Then, by all means, post a few credible links showing that the cartels are running a significant part of the government of Mexico.
 
Dittohead not! said:
Then, by all means, post a few credible links showing that the cartels are running a significant part of the government of Mexico.
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I don't need links, because there won't be any, but I would like to know who his insider is. I have mine, and I am sure he has his.
 
Jon Stewart Explains the Arrest of Drug Kingpin El Chapo As Only He Can


And where does Guzman rank on Forbes' list? Right under Speaker of the House John Boehner, and just above Jill Abramson, executive editor of The New York Times. Stewart gets right to the absurdity of this ranking, imagining the three of them at a Forbes banquet together:

"Well, pleased to meet you, I'm the head of one of the notorious, corrupt, and vile institutions in all of North America." ... "Oh, well, it's nice to meet you too, I'm El Chapo."
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:lol:
 
Mason66 said:
I don't need links, because there won't be any, but I would like to know who his insider is. I have mine, and I am sure he has his.
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Sure, if you trust the media, here you go. . .

Once he assumed the presidency, Calderón realized that he could not rely on the federal police, the Agencia Federal de Investigación, to restore order or track down the cartel leaders. The A.F.I. was riddled with corruption. Over the years, the cartels had bribed not only regional comandantes but also top-level officials at the agency’s Mexico City headquarters. The state police were even more unreliable. Often on the payroll of the cartels in their respective regions, they not only failed to cooperate with the federal police but also regularly protected the cartels and their leaders.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/opinion/16iht-edbonner16.html?_r=0
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The Los Caballeros Templarios drug cartel is paying 325 million pesos (nearly $25 million) in bribes annually to different officials in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, media reports said.

Cartel pays $25 mn annually in bribes in western Mexican state, paper says | Fox News Latino
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solletica said:
Sure, if you trust the media, here you go. . .
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That's what I thought, you have no personal information about this.

I like this ironic line though "Sure, if you trust the media, here you go. . ."

You are spouting off here because you are trusting what the media says and not even the mexican media, where it happens, but the US media qho watch things from afar.
 
Mason66 said:
That's what I thought, you have no personal information about this.

I like this ironic line though "Sure, if you trust the media, here you go. . ."

You are spouting off here because you are trusting what the media says and not even the mexican media, where it happens, but the US media qho watch things from afar.
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Ah, the Mexican media. . .

Mexican Media Infiltrated by Drug Cartels, Experts Say


By Juan Ramon Peña


GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Mexico’s media outlets have not been immune to the infiltration of drug cartels, which have reporters on their payrolls to control what gets published.


“We live under constant threats, like if a guy was pointing an AK-47 at you all the time,” Javier Valdez, a reporter with the investigative weekly Rio Doce, said.

Latin American Herald Tribune - Mexican Media Infiltrated by Drug Cartels, Experts Say
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Please let us know when you have something credible to post, instead of your anal output, the latter of which is getting old.
 
solletica said:
Sure, if you trust the media, here you go. . .
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So you post 2 links (1 being an opinion piece) and think that proves your allegations? I don't doubt that the cartels have infiltrated the government, police and media to an extent, but your claims are definitely exaggerated I think.

One of your own links says this:

In the last three years alone, using this strategy, the Mexican government has captured or killed over 40 major cartel leaders; key players who are not easily replaced. Several of the cartels have already been severely weakened or destroyed.
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So obviously, some people are NOT on the cartels' payrolls.
 
ChrisL said:
So you post 2 links (1 being an opinion piece) and think that proves your allegations? I don't doubt that the cartels have infiltrated the government, police and media to an extent, but your claims are definitely exaggerated I think.

One of your own links says this:



So obviously, some people are NOT on the cartels' payrolls.
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Anyone cop who isn't on a cartel's payroll is working for another pol (or superior) who is. Only difference is that they'll stay poor and get less protection.

Mexico is no different than the US; just as multinational corporations, private equity firms, oil cos. and military contractors run the US govt., the cartels run the Mexican govt. The End.
 
solletica said:
Anyone cop who isn't on a cartel's payroll is working for another pol (or superior) who is. Only difference is that they'll stay poor and get less protection.

Mexico is no different than the US; just as multinational corporations, private equity firms, oil cos. and military contractors run the US govt., the cartels run the Mexican govt. The End.
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Says you. Sorry but I don't consider you to be an expert on foreign affairs. REPUTABLE links please. :)

BTW, Mexico is different from the US. Much different in many ways.
 
solletica said:
Ah, the Mexican media. . .



Please let us know when you have something credible to post, instead of your anal output, the latter of which is getting old.
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You think I don't know what I am talking about? How funny is that. I am living it. You are looking at it from far away reading other peoples opinions about what is happening outside my front door.

Why don't you quietly go away and save yourself any further embarrassment.
 
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