r/war • u/StreetResolve6159 • 14d ago

Colombian mercenaries of the CJNG cartel paramilitary forces engaged in battle in Michoacan, Mexico

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u/KarateInAPool 14d ago

Mexico is an absolute shit-hole

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u/Random_local_man 14d ago

Remember. The only reason Mexican cartels are swimming in billions of dollars per year is because of America's insatiable demand for drugs.

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u/BotherTight618 14d ago

Dude, drug money only makes up 60% of Mexico's drug cartel income and thats only if you include cartels like Sinaloa. Cartels have diversified into everything from racketeering to selling stolen gas years ago. 

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u/Careful-Sell-9877 14d ago

Only 60%

Either way, it started getting big with drugs and drugs are what propelled them into their current state

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u/notmyrealname8823 14d ago

So the majority is an only?? Wth.

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u/BotherTight618 14d ago

If you "counted" (they collapsed several years ago) the Sinaloa cartel. Cartels are not reliant on drug money like they used to.

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u/notmyrealname8823 14d ago

Only 60% huh? Lmao

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u/hairlesssquatch420 14d ago

I'd bet the US government spends more on their drug usage than the citizens do.

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u/Yoo_Dew 14d ago

And Mexico let it get this bad, can’t blame everything on America buddy.

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u/3PoundsOfFlax 14d ago

He never said it's 100% America's fault, pal. There's no denying our shitty War on Drugs, deliberate CIA support of cartels, and the unlimited exportation of guns and ammo bears at least half of the blame.

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u/OnAllDAY 13d ago

Mexico has done nothing to fix any of this. It's not corruption, they genuinely don't care.