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A MEXICAN drug detainee has confessed to dissolving the bodies of 300 rivals with corrosive chemicals near the US border, in a shocking claim even by the standards of Mexico's brutal drug war.
Santiago Meza, known as "The Stew Maker," said he did away with bodies in industrial drums in this border village outside the violent city of Tijuana.
More than 700 people died in Tijuana last year as rival gangs battled for control of the city's lucrative drug trade.
Many others are missing...
Originally posted by tezzajw
Imagine that for a job, disposing of bodies. It seems like he was kept busy too.
What should be done about the drugs? I have no idea. Let the whole country rot, riot and collapse?
When you've got the Cocaine Importers Agency supporting drugs, then there's practically nothing that can be done to stem the violence and body count.
Anyway, it was certainly an interesting confession to make. I wonder what's going to be done about it. Deploying thousands of troops obviously hasn't worked.
Originally posted by nixie_nox
The Stew Maker?
I say legalize it.
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
Hey here's an idea... the same thing that helped stop Prohibition era mobsters...
LEGALIZE IT.
Really... how many people have to die violent deaths?
How much power and energy and need to conquer do we really want to feed into these cartels?
Amazing...
There's no censure of freedom there. The distribution and use of these substances are already deemed illegal. Securing our side of the border, and deporting those that are already here will take care of the cartels and their foot soldiers. Why should we involve our country in Mexico's internal affairs? They have their own law enforcement agencies and military personnel to deal with the problem on their side of the border.
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
reply to post by LLoyd45
Only one problem with that last part.
That's limiting on freedom and doesn't remove the cartels like securing the Border, AND Legalization.
That would be a big bonus to our economy, but when you factor in the non-productivity that accompanies chronic drug use, it wouldn't be worth the marginal gains to be had in revenue.
Plus... think of the tax revenues we could generate...[edit on 23-1-2009 by HunkaHunka]
Originally posted by LLoyd45
There's no censure of freedom there. The distribution and use of these substances are already deemed illegal.
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
reply to post by LLoyd45
Only one problem with that last part.
That's limiting on freedom and doesn't remove the cartels like securing the Border, AND Legalization.
Securing our side of the border, and deporting those that are already here will take care of the cartels and their foot soldiers. Why should we involve our country in Mexico's internal affairs? They have their own law enforcement agencies and military personnel to deal with the problem on their side of the border.
That would be a big bonus to our economy, but when you factor in the non-productivity that accompanies chronic drug use, it wouldn't be worth the marginal gains to be had in revenue.
Plus... think of the tax revenues we could generate...[edit on 23-1-2009 by HunkaHunka]