Great stuff as always Ioan. As a Juarez native, I feel hopeful that there are brave journalists like yourself and your peers who try to give sense to our desensitizated, bloody everyday reality.
Ioan...thanks for the outstanding work, as always. One question...do the Mexicans gangs discriminate? As a large portion of the deportees are of non-Mexican nationalities; just curious if they recruit those folks or strictly stick with Mexicans. Thanks.
Great Journalism as Always Ioan. One of the Greatest books I have ever read was “Murder City, by Charles Bowden, which was about Juarez. I would love to hear more stories about the Federal Officer. With ALMO dismantling Federal Police Forces, it’s seems like it’s a lonely battle. I admire folks who fight the good fight , regardless of the situation. Both The US and Mexico, have leadership that seem immune to seeking a long term border solution. It’s the “pass it along to the next guy” style of management. Thanks for the work you do, and PLEASE thank your Federal Officer friend and the Brave Men that protect him.
The US has turned Mexico into a warzone because of their citizens need for drugs. Mexico has become worse than Ukraine, which is causing good people to flee to the border to escape all the violence.
If we fight the border war, the bad guys just get stronger because desperate people join the gangs. And if we tried taking the drug war seriously, we’d essentially have a large group of killers desperate to fight to keep their revenues flowing.
So what happens now? How long does the cycle continue?
Great stuff as always Ioan. As a Juarez native, I feel hopeful that there are brave journalists like yourself and your peers who try to give sense to our desensitizated, bloody everyday reality.
Ioan...thanks for the outstanding work, as always. One question...do the Mexicans gangs discriminate? As a large portion of the deportees are of non-Mexican nationalities; just curious if they recruit those folks or strictly stick with Mexicans. Thanks.
The gang data base put together over decades in Chicago is going into the trashcan.
Should be a great place for turf battles.
Great Journalism as Always Ioan. One of the Greatest books I have ever read was “Murder City, by Charles Bowden, which was about Juarez. I would love to hear more stories about the Federal Officer. With ALMO dismantling Federal Police Forces, it’s seems like it’s a lonely battle. I admire folks who fight the good fight , regardless of the situation. Both The US and Mexico, have leadership that seem immune to seeking a long term border solution. It’s the “pass it along to the next guy” style of management. Thanks for the work you do, and PLEASE thank your Federal Officer friend and the Brave Men that protect him.
So let me get this right
The US has turned Mexico into a warzone because of their citizens need for drugs. Mexico has become worse than Ukraine, which is causing good people to flee to the border to escape all the violence.
If we fight the border war, the bad guys just get stronger because desperate people join the gangs. And if we tried taking the drug war seriously, we’d essentially have a large group of killers desperate to fight to keep their revenues flowing.
So what happens now? How long does the cycle continue?