Illegal Immigrants, U.S. Influences, and the Fight Against Cartels

[Fredjan]

<p>This popped up a couple of days ago. What do you think?</p>

<p><a href=“Migrant Heads Home To Mexico — And Joins Fight Against Cartel : NPR”>Migrant Heads Home To Mexico — And Joins Fight Against Cartel : NPR;

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“Reny Pineda was born in Michoacan, Mexico, but grew up in Los Angeles. In 2010 he returned to his homeland, and joined a vigilante battle against a ruthless cartel ruling the region. Now the Mexican government has ordered the civilian militias to disband, and Pineda picks lemons in this orchard.”

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[soccerguy315]

<p>There are large portions of Mexico where the the government really doesn’t have the reach to provide citizen security.</p>

<p>From January WSJ: The gang wars behind your super bowl guacamole</p>

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One local official estimated that the Knights Templar, named for a medieval group of crusading warrior monks, made $150 million a year extorting growers and packers, as well as selling avocados from the 5,000 acres they took from farmers. Tancítaro has about 56,000 acres of avocado groves, officials said.

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<p><a href=“http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303277704579349283584121344”>http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303277704579349283584121344&lt;/a&gt; </p>