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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Mexico's Drug War - What You Don't Know Hurts Us All

In response:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/03/mexico-severed-heads_n_3543595.html?utm_hp_ref=latino-voices&ir=Latino%20Voices

In order to grasp the roots of this current violence Americans need to sift through all of their previously propagandized, predisposed ideas about the US Drug War, and in specific the Mexican drug war, and do some reading for self-education. 

Mexican illegal drugs are bad - so the Mexican Drug War must be good? Agree or Disagree?

Jot down your answers.

Mexican Drug War 101: Here are some questions that will help get you educated. I will post a link to my blog at the bottom which will have all of the answers (via other links) to the questions below. I guarantee you that if you read the articles, you will have a much better understanding of what makes the US backed Mexican Drug war tick.

Which Mexican President started the most recent war, and when? Who is the current Mexican President and is he/she still fighting it? How many people have been sacrificed in this "war"? How many people have been displaced? How many people are missing? How many have been orphaned? Under what plan does the US government use your tax dollars for this war? Who is Mexico's number one all time drug King Pin? Is he/she alive, dead, in jail or free? How many journalists have been killed while reporting about this drug war? Where does Mexico rank as far as 1st,2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th in supplying oil to the US? How about rank with the US as a world trading partner? What percentage of US undocumented are Mexican? 32%,42%,52%,62%,72%?  What University has granted ex-Mexican Drug War President Felipe Calderon a fellowship as their First Angelopoulos Global Leader?

Answers:

Which Mexican President started the most recent war, and when was it started?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War

Who is the current Mexican President and is he/she still fighting it?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/mexico-drug-war-pena-nieto_n_2276605.html

How many people have been sacrificed in this "war"? 
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13001-calderon-reign-ends-with-six-year-mexican-death-toll-near-120000

How many people have been displaced? How many people are missing? How many have been orphaned?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-m-ackerman/mexico-gun-violence_b_2333668.html

Under what plan does the US government use your tax dollars for this war?
http://www.state.gov/j/inl/merida/

Who is Mexico's number one all time drug King Pin?   Is he/she alive, dead, in jail or free?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7h3WkcEU00

How many journalists have been killed while reporting about this drug war?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/drug-war-mexican-journalists_n_1834568.html

Where does Mexico rank as far as 1st,2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th in supplying oil to the US? How about rank with the US as a world trading partner?
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35749.htm

What percentage of US undocumented are Mexican? 32%,42%,52%,62%,72%?
http://www.usnews.com/news/washington-whispers/articles/2011/06/15/report-most-illegal-immigrants-come-from-mexico

What University has granted ex-Mexican Drug War President Felipe Calderon a fellowship as their First Angelopoulos Global Leader?
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/press-releases/felipe-calderon-appointment










 

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