For the last six years, Mexico bragged about its oft-questioned policy of “hugs, not bullets,” in which the country’s leaders avoided confrontations with drug cartels that were gradually taking control of large parts of the country.
  • zephorah@lemm.eeEnglish
    13·
    14 days ago

    A giant power vacuum was just created. The diplomacy and global stability superpower just perished. What we will see is more countries chewing on themselves and one another going forward.

    • phoneymouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      13 days ago

      WW3 has been underway for about a decade now, it’s just being fought through cyberwarfare, propaganda, and proxy wars.

      • L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        13 days ago

        Nnooooooooo it’s not WWIII!!! I can’t understand that warfare is fought on multiple fronts, so don’t call an obvious global struggle for power and supremacy WWIII /s!!!

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    68·
    14 days ago

    It seems that the only countries that seem to be getting a handle on things in south America are the ones where they round up and imprison everyone remotely connected to the gangs… face tats… off to prison.

    • RandAlThor@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      81·
      14 days ago

      Which ones have successfully eradicated the drug trafficking culture in their countries? Mexico and Columbia have always been the traditional ones. Not sure how big drug industry is elsewhere.

      • HobbitFoot English
        61·
        14 days ago

        El Salvador has seen crime drop across the country after Bukele arrested everyone with a gang tattoo.

        • RandAlThor@lemmy.caOPEnglish
          1·
          13 days ago

          Interesting. Cops are corrupt in Mexico that’s why they’re using troops. Can they make troops cops too?

          • HobbitFoot English
            2·
            13 days ago

            Without having a way to deal with corruption, it is just inviting the troops to become corrupt as well.

      • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        13 days ago

        Check elsalvador. And now other countries are ramping up their approach. Building massive remote prisons for gang members, waves of arrests, no contact policies for prisoners… it’s incredibly harsh… but in El Salvador it’s working.