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Mexican cartels may be enjoying a rennaisance in Juarez and TJ, etc right now, but it's really only because almost NO violence has spilled over the border into the US, which was pretty smart on their part. What's the over/under on how long it takes for them to fuck up trying to strongarm a rediculously well funded and technologically fortified government agency armed to the teeth and get wiped off the earth?
This is true, but they're far less trained, less equipped, and every form of communiction they use can be hacked, monitored, tracked or recorded by the DEA. Literally if they didn't go back to the stone age with note passing, etc. they're fucked completely overnight and the heads of their organization would be grabbed or killed pretty quickly leaving the minions to dictate the next move, which will be to smoke meth and kidnap tourists for ransom.
Just the threat alone no doubt has turned the DEA's attention towards the cartels. The wrong move on their part will spell immediate and tactically superior action by one of our best equipped and least watchdogged bureaus. So yeah, they should probably think that through before they make any hardass moves. The DEA is no joke.
No, I recognize how large and powerful they are, and no way is the DEA going to go around just popping cartel leaders because they're cartel leaders. Watching a little too much TV?? That's just silly. I'd still put my money on the DEA personally, regardless of "how much of a joke they are" although I don't agree with that assesment at all. You can't beat the DEA, Homeland Security or the CIA, they all just have way too much freedom to operate in and too many resources to employ and the DEA isn't the only agency watching them now.
Not a bad theory but protecting the border better isn't really a viable option by which to combat this problem. Sure, the drug trade would be somewhat slowed but the problem is not of violent acts happening on the US side- the cartels have been very smart about that. They're saying they don't want the DEA in Mexico, where the fight is to stop the drugs before they get to the border, so in that respect builiding a huge wall at the Rio Grande isn't going to do much to stop the quiet war they're fighting in Mexico.
I do agree with you that marijuana should be leagalized and sold just like alcohol, but yes the majority of their money comes from harder, more expensive drugs. Weed relatively takes up tons of room and isn't that profitable so it's literally the lowest substance on the totem pole as far as profit goes. I don't see a huge drop in Mexican gang activity by legalizing weed, but it would be SOMETHING!
