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Aerows

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17. Horrible

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Sun May 13, 2012, 01:37 PM

May 2012

Is this what we really wanted out of the Drug war, was dismembered people and cabals of drug lords? My answer is no, and I don't smoke pot or use any drugs other than alcohol and tabacco.

Can a pot smoker give me a good reason why this occurred, other than money and power?

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Thirty-seven dismembered bodies dumped on Mexico highway [View all] Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 OP

it seems barely a day goes by without a story like this coming out of Mexico cali May 2012 #1

Less than 200 miles to the Texas border. Ilsa May 2012 #2

put the narcos out of business. legalize the drugs. spanone May 2012 #3

We have a free trade deal with Mexico which allow their truckers... Poll_Blind May 2012 #4

These stories are amazing. Any other time in history an emergency would be declared and the culprits Lint Head May 2012 #5

Ermm.. ananda May 2012 #6

It's up to them now. When it happens here it will be up to us. I don't think mass murder Lint Head May 2012 #13

How are we sure that all these murders are drug related? Baitball Blogger May 2012 #7

Who else dismembers 37 bodies and dumps them on a highway? Swede May 2012 #8

Cute. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #11

Oh,sorry for being a smart aleck. Swede May 2012 #12

On the contrary, enjoyed your flippant remark. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #14

They become criminals by virtue of having been murdered. Comrade Grumpy May 2012 #16

See how they're getting disappeared? Baitball Blogger May 2012 #18

Mexico does not seem able to handle this problem. JDPriestly May 2012 #9

Government is as corrupt and liable as the gangs... Cave_Johnson May 2012 #10

The Mexican government has deployed tens of thousands of troops... Comrade Grumpy May 2012 #15

Horrible Aerows May 2012 #17