• @ChapulinColorado
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    8 days ago

    It might be too late. It might have worked at some point in the past, but Mexico waited too long. At this point those organizations are engraved in Mexican goods and services

    Search for any of these if you want more info, but the variety might give you a clue:

    • avocados cartel stolen lands
    • lime cartel cuota
    • tortillas cartel cuota (seriously)
    • cjng día de reyes (Mexican Christmas for kids)
    • farmers cuota desaparecidos (missing farmers after fighting back)
    • los 48 de ayotzinapa (missing students killed by government police on cartel orders)

    Source: Mexican-American with family living in Mexico. Cartels tend to keep things under control to avoid conflict once they have a territory and tend to only go after people criticizing them, which makes it a slow horrible realization once they move to a town near by.

    Edit: to end things on a more positive note, it is worth noting that even with all the above, you still have students, young YouTubers and comedians of high profile (that are internationally well liked) criticizing the status quo from the government (and their involvement with cartels). Organized crime would be dumb to go after some of these people if they want it to remain a Mexican problem.