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Judi Lynn

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2. The extreme upsurge in violence started immediately after George W Bush added US military support
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 05:46 PM
Jun 2017

to Mexico as he and Felipe Calderón conspired to militarize Mexico's police force, and signed the Mérida Initiative.

The reaction of the drug criminal world was instantaneous. You may recall the flood of stories we started hearing of the phenomenon of human heads being taken, even rolled through the doors of Mexican bars, etc.

That kind of news does get one's attention. Seemed like the opening to the Twilight Zone.

Then the mass graves started being discovered.

It doesn't seem to have ever slowed down, either.

Amazingly resistant to improvement, now.

Occasionally townspeople can't take it any longer, and form their own vigilante groups. I don't know how they can stand to face each new day in some of the towns.



Guerro, Mexico





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What a beautiful state. What a tragedy there's so much suffering.

Thank you, sandensea. We need to know, and our own corporate media usually won't discuss news regarding countries south of the southern border, unless it's to take a kick at a leftist leader, as we know.

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