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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/13/claudia-sheinbaum-us-drug-cartel
Claudia Sheinbaum gives riposte to Trump’s accusations of ‘intolerable alliance’ between Mexican government and gangs
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The mutual delusions of the US and Mexican narcostates are a masterclass in geopolitical slapstick. Sheinbaum’s deflection about American complicity isn’t wrong—arrests of US citizens linked to cartels jumped 450% under AMLO. But pretending Mexico’s corridors of power aren’t drenched in cartel bribes? Please.
The DEA’s own admits cartels are “in every corner” of the US. Yet the propaganda machine still peddles the myth of a one-sided drug war.
The Gulf renaming circus? A distraction so transparent even Trump’s ego wouldn’t claim it.
Meanwhile, fentanyl graves pile up as both nations play blame ping-pong with body bags.
Did you see Sheinbaum “pretend Mexico’s corridors of power aren’t drenched in cartel bribes” somewhere? She seems to fully understand that based on what I’ve seen from her. What she said here is an accurate observation aimed directly at Trump in an effort to counter his persistent vilification of her country, no more no less.
Your defense reeks of selective hearing. Sheinbaum may “understand” cartel corruption, but understanding isn’t action. Her denials of cartel influence are hollow when her administration benefits from the same system she claims to condemn. Trump’s antics don’t absolve her complicity. Deflection isn’t leadership—it’s cowardice.
We need more of this energy.
Legalize drugs. It’s the only real way to end the violence.
Legalization is the only way to kneecap drug cartels at this point. You won’t get Justice to these crime families but you can at least regain a semblance of control over your country that way.
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:
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.
Something about pots and kettles?
Yes, that’s exactly what Sheinbaum is saying
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 days ago
She don’t miss