Drugs confiscated in Mexico, some of it was destined for the appreciative nostrils of the chattering classes. There are demonstrations by political opportunists on the left and drug baron-financed protesters against the war on the drugs trade in Mexico, and suddenly articles pop up in western newspapers in support of these demonstrations. Predictably, they criticise Mexico's failure to tackle the drug trade. One could legitimately ask if these journalists have not actually been paid off. A bank transfer would do it, taking only a few seconds. The drug traffickers don't just buy off locals. They buy off officials and journalists and politicians in any country where it suits them to do so. Applying 'international pressure' in the media would be one effective tactic drug traffickers could use against the measures being taken against them. They could plant stories. Mexico's war against the drug traffickers is the US's war. If Mexico has failed to defeat the
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