Violence in Mexico after the death of cartel leader

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Mexico has a bit of a problem on its hands. In retaliation for the death of a cartel leader, the cartel has gone to war with the Mexican government. The images and video are scary. I never had the desire to travel to mexico and I sure as hell am not going now.

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Violence in Mexico Continues in Aftermath of Cartel Leader El Mencho Killed - The Last Refuge

The surprise operation to kill Nemesio ‘El Mencho’ Oseguera Cervantes, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, caught everyone off-guard. According to most media reports, El Mencho’ was killed in a Mexican military operation supported and backed by U.S. intelligence. His death has now...
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Hopefully we won't get dragged into this mess.
 
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Probably 10 years or so ago, one of my engineers was working at a Corning plant in Reynosa to commission some new equipment that we sold them. He was staying at a hotel on the US side and would take a bus across the border to the plant every day. One of the days he was there, the plant folks he was working with came to him and told him to go now and get on the bus. He grabbed his laptop and most of his tools and got to the bus for a hasty getaway of some kind of pending cartel violence or possible kidnapping, etc. He got out safely and came home, and we never returned to finish starting up that equipment. Things I think have been getting worse steadily since then.

I went on a business trip to MX once and had no trouble, but no way I'd ever consider going there again.
 
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RomanRider said:
Probably 10 years or so ago, one of my engineers was working at a Corning plant in Reynosa to commission some new equipment that we sold them. He was staying at a hotel on the US side and would take a bus across the border to the plant every day. One of the days he was there, the plant folks he was working with came to him and told him to go now and get on the bus. He grabbed his laptop and most of his tools and got to the bus for a hasty getaway of some kind of pending cartel violence or possible kidnapping, etc. He got out safely and came home, and we never returned to finish starting up that equipment. Things I think have been getting worse steadily since then.

I went on a business trip to MX once and had no trouble, but no way I'd ever consider going there again.
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Reynosa is super sketchy. Has been for a long time. I was on a team opening some new facilities in McAllen TX for the company I worked for at the time about 8 years ago. McAllen is directly adjacent to Reynosa. Even back then it was someplace you didn't really want to go to as an American.

It was a popular location for medical procedures like dentistry. You cross the border and what would cost you thousands here would cost a few hundred there. At the time I was there, there was a "truce" between the Mexican feds and the cartels. The cartels stayed away from the area directly by the border, which was where all the medical stuff was located. If you went beyond that the cartels controlled it.
 
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I am watching all things Mexico closely. Things that are unfolding is quite entertaining, to say the least.

The cartels look impressive. No, this does not mean I am on their side, just that they look impressive.
 
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So this is the AI summary anyone can look up in Google:
President Sheinbaum:
  • Opposition to Unilateral Action: Sheinbaum has repeatedly rejected U.S. military intervention or unilateral strikes on Mexican soil, citing that such actions violate Mexican sovereignty and the nation's constitution.
  • Legal Process vs. "War": She has criticized the "war on drugs" model—often associated with the 2006–2012 era in Mexico—for enabling extrajudicial killings and bypassing due process. She advocates for intelligence-led, coordinated law enforcement that operates within the bounds of domestic and international law.
She can frame it any way she wants, but when Cartels have so much power that they are controlling vast amount of land and have literal armies of people recruited from the military, able to launch sophisticated and well armed attacks - her fantasy of letting law enforcement handle this is naive and juvenile. Or maybe she "doth protest overmuch" because she's bought lock, stock, and soul - by the cartels who really control a majority of Mexico. What idiot cannot see that the armed cartel soldier firing on the police and army isn't going to submit to an arrest?
 
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Would not want to be a gringo south of the border these days that's for sure.

The cartels have far too much money and far too much power. I think it's pretty clear they're the ones who really are running the country. If it stays on Mexico's side of the border it's their problem as far as I'm concerned. If it spills over then we unleash fury upon them.
 
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Would not want to be a gringo south of the border these days that's for sure.

The cartels have far too much money and far too much power. I think it's pretty clear they're the ones who really are running the country. If it stays on Mexico's side of the border it's their problem as far as I'm concerned. If it spills over then we unleash fury upon them.
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The US has a vested interest in this. Cartel problems do spill over.
 
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So, as i understand it Canadians are boycotting the USA and they now vacation in Mexico and Cuba instead of Miami and Las Vegas.
 
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