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6. The only way to stop them is to install a hardline, dictator strongman that puts drug dealers to death

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 11:54 AM

15 hrs ago

That would do it, but just to be clear, I am not suggesting that. Pinochet in Mexico would be like putting out a fire with a tsunami.

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What's happening in Mexico [View all] RoseTrellis 15 hrs ago OP

I have a friend trapped in a hotel in Puerto Vallarta CanonRay 15 hrs ago #1

This has happened there before Johnny2X2X 15 hrs ago #2

So what's the solution? Mosby 15 hrs ago #4

Well, that escalated quickly EYESORE 9001 15 hrs ago #5

The Mexican gov makes a good point. Mosby 15 hrs ago #7

Big difference between drugs RoseTrellis 14 hrs ago #8

I thought that about pot here in Maine Easterncedar 14 hrs ago #9

The story of El Aguila Mosby 14 hrs ago #11

Costco ia on fire Mosby 15 hrs ago #3

Damn. I was in that store just a couple years ago. La Coliniere 14 hrs ago #10

Are the skies secure? OC375 14 hrs ago #12

No government should allow criminal militias in their country Mysterian 14 hrs ago #13

Sheinbaum might have to go Fujimori to defeat the cartels dalton99a 14 hrs ago #14