This is opportunity for Mexico. President Trump has offered assistance. Tell him, you want not military troops, but those who will help bring the criminals to justice: investigators and agents who will arrest -- come in and extract the individuals who committed the killings from their hiding places and strongholds.
Ever a country will be hollow if it is empty of justice. If criminals commit their crimes without fear of arrest, that nation abdicates on its responsibility to provide laws that protect the people. I would wonder about Mexico. Are crimes and murders and rapes the lot of the land? Do they go unprosecuted?
I think of ISIS, and of how you kill one leader, and another steps into his shoes. I think of El Chapo, and how others stepped into his place, and the violence merely continued -- if not worsened. The arrest and conviction of El Chapo was a victory, but you must follow it with the arrest and conviction of everyone who steps in to commit a crime. The trail of successors to crime bosses does not end if they have no fear of being the successor. I don't know if Mexico can reach the point of being able to investigate, arrest, and prosecute cartel members for their individual crimes (including conspiracy to commit a crime so you are catching the bosses, as well as the operatives), but that should be the goal. You have no force as a nation if you cannot enforce your laws. As long as crime pays, you will have it.
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