Ordinarily, it was just another murder among the many thousands that have occurred so far this year on the way to establishing a homicidal record for Mexico. But this one struck a nerve – Bianca Lorenzana, a 21 year old resident of Cancun whose dismembered body was found in plastic bags. Local women decided they had had enough. Ten women are murdered every day in Mexico.
Hundreds gathered peacefully at first, but then with a rage that perhaps emulated current U.S. protests began spraying graffiti and destroying property. As they tried to break into city hall, the police arrived and started shooting live ammunition. Four people were wounded, including two journalists, always a special target. Three have been murdered within the last month in Mexico, maintaining the country’s standing as the most dangerous country in the world for journalists.
The protesters were quickly dispersed and eight were arrested. The very limited U.S. coverage suggested the police were operating on their own without official approval, which is nonsense. They are an arm of the drug cartels which basically run Mexico. As such, they behave in cartel fashion. While U.S. police are routinely injured in dealing with protests, Mexican police are only hurt by one another in typical cartel rivalry. Anyone who dares to confront a cop, much less throw a stone at him, is lucky to die without being tortured first
Tourists can visit seaside Cancun because the cartels allow it. They don’t mind picking up some loose change on top of their mammoth drug earnings. The day they decide to shut the place down, that will be the end of it. The women victims, alas, are only part of the story. The cartels don’t discriminate but kill anybody regardless of race, gender or religion. Understandably distressed, Abelardo Vera, hotel association president in Cancun, told reporters: “We’re living in the worst horror movie – robberies, extortion and people being murdered and mutilated every day. It’s unacceptable.”
The cure for this lies no longer in Mexico but in U.S. hands with proposals ranging from the legalization of marijuana that undercuts the cartel market to outright attack on the cartels as they assemble for their murderous business. That means taking some responsibility for the country that is being ruined by the drug traffic financed by the U.S.
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