Mexican Forces Kill Nation's Most-Wanted Cartel Boss
90 points by downboots
by joshcsimmons
2 subcomments
Puerto Vallarta is on fire - seeing tons of videos on my timeline.
by foogazi
2 subcomments
Most-Wanted Cartel Boss so far
by F7F7F7
3 subcomments
I imagine that if the U.S. assisted in any meaningful way ala the search for Escobar in Columbia we probably would have heard it by now.
by tibbydudeza
1 subcomments
As long as Mexico shares a border with the US the biggest consumer of such recreational drugs and poverty in Mexico there will always be drug cartels.
It is basically whack-a-mole killing or imprisoning cartel heads - there will be splinter factions and you will just get three just as nasty ones in it's place.
by truemex2026
0 subcomment
[dead]
by truemex2026
0 subcomment
[dead]
by cindyllm
0 subcomment
[dead]
by NedF
0 subcomment
[dead]
by JasonADrury
1 subcomments
And thousands more will die due to the fully predictable and justified retaliation that follows. This doesn't meaningfully weaken the cartels, but forces them to respond in order to not compromise future safety.
Prioritizing showy executions over actual progress, words that should describe the cartels, not the government.
Hacker News