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Mexico City – Former President Vicente Fox suggested Friday that Mexican authorities consider calling on drug cartels for a truce and offering them amnesty, speaking out a day after an apparent cartel attack on a casino killed 52 people. Fox, who served from 2000 to 2006, has since advocated legalizing drugs as a way to reduce violence. At least 35,000 and as many as 40,000 people have died since President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against the cartels in late 2006. "I want to start a public debate on the following ideas ... call on the violent groups for a truce" and "evaluate the advisability of an amnesty law," Fox said in a speech at an anti-crime event.
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Where the heck is the Mexican army?? Why the Mexican government doesn't install a goddamn martial law and unleash the Army over the drug gangs????
A few months and no more cartels.
Originally posted by kro32
Oh but that would be pushing our weight around wouldn't it.
Originally posted by wcitizen
Next question - who owns the drug cartels?
Originally posted by wcitizen
Next question - who owns the drug cartels?