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MisterP

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3. farmers have actually been getting shot by pistoleros since the 70s--over tomatoes instead of coke

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 4, 2014, 02:20 PM

Dec 2014

the cartels aren't breaking much new ground, it's more like a shift in scale

both populism and brutality were combined under Echeverría--a very interesting President and era (he also insisted Mexico's problem was that its demographic rate was too low ...)

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not the first time MisterP Dec 2014 #1

Thank you for this information.We need to know, appreciate the opportunity you've put before us. n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2014 #2

farmers have actually been getting shot by pistoleros since the 70s--over tomatoes instead of coke MisterP Dec 2014 #3

Echeverría, oh, boy. What a history he carved for himself. Judi Lynn Dec 2014 #4