In the logic of the authoritarian control of the narrative of power, the United States government has defined a pressure strategy on Mexico to force it to fight drug cartels south of the Rio Grande, but without recognizing that the problem has two US explanations:
1.- The demand for drugs by US addicts –10% official and 60% unofficial– determines the dynamics of production and trafficking.
2.- And 80% of the US states have a solid and autonomous presence of the nine drug cartels.
In this context, the recent pressure from the White House on Mexico to force it to adopt the US approach to fighting cartels and capos is not only unilateral because the US government does nothing to combat drug cells within its own territory, but also In reality, it represents an instrument of geopolitical pressure to subordinate the Mexican government to the military and warlike foreign policy of the United States now in the Russian zone of Asia.
Since 2005, the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has recorded the growing presence of the nine main Mexican cartels in the production, smuggling, distribution within the US and control of the retail market for the sale of drugs in the US. streets, with no local decisions or operations to combat these groups that have settled in 45 US states with the complicity or apathy of local authorities.
This data provides sufficient elements to indicate that there is legal and moral co-responsibility of the United States government with the Mexican cartels that operate the drug and that have caused annual figures of 100,000 Americans killed by the abuse of the deadly drug fentanyl produced by the Cartel. of Sinaloa, targeted as the main drug organization within the United States.
The latest report from the State Department complains about the operation of Mexican cartels in the United States and blames the Mexican authorities, but still does not explain the manner and responsibility of the United States authorities in the clandestine entry of drugs and the operation of structures Mexican criminals to distribute them throughout the United States without any interference from the responsible authorities.
The argument that demand determines supply no longer requires any reasoning because it is explained in the dynamics of drug production and flow to the United States to meet the needs of American drug addicts. The White House’s strategy on drugs does not mess with the Mexican cartels or develop legal strategies to combat consumption as a factor in the operation of the supply, but rather focuses on allocating billions of dollars to address the after effects of addictions.
This lack of decision by the United States government to discourage consumption with judicial measures explains the rise of the Mexican cartels within the United States and the interest of the United States judicial authorities only to control the banking flow of money laundering resulting from drug trafficking. .
The current wave of US pressure on Mexico is based on the concept that violates international relations of transnational characterization of the Mexican cartels, but with the determination of the White House to combat drug trafficking and consumption within its country only in the nations which are the headquarters of the cartels that produce and traffic drugs for American consumers.
The day the United States government decides to seriously combat the scourge of drug trafficking, it would have to begin by dismantling the Mexican cartels that operate in its territory as autonomous cells of criminal activity and that do so with the endorsement of the United States authorities.
The Mexican response to pressure from the State Department would be very simple: send the White House copies of the DEA’s annual evaluations from 2005 to 2021 with a small card that says: With kind regards from the Mexican cartels.
Policy for dummies: politics also consists of rubbing the adversary with his own responsibilities.
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