Comment on Why would America declaring cartels terrorist organizations be a problem for Mexico?
thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Correcte if I’m wrong, but didn’t the CIA actually make the drug cartels that are in Mexico with the whole war on drugs thing a while back?
I think the CIA has used them pretty extensively, but I don’t think they set them up directly
What the US did is force Mexico to join in on the drug war. We threatened to block all pharmaceuticals to Mexico if they didn’t ban marijuana, which they really didn’t want to do
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Drug prohibition is awesome for governments because it means permission to bypass the laws. CIA has definitely funded operations through drugs, and have significant responsibility in crack epidemic. I’m unaware of direct links to Mexican cartels though.