Mexican cartels use the Galil ACE, an Israeli rifle that is manufactured in Colombia
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:11 am
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/-ki ... -rcna40952
'They kill you, they kidnap you, they rape you': Trafficking victims speak of the dangers they face
“No woman should go through what I went through, no girl or adolescent,” a teen who was able to escape her situation said, speaking from a shelter in Mexico.
For the Mexican cartels, the younger, the better.
https://youtu.be/SyuUGY4OlbE?t=631
All countries would have to legalize all drugs to significantly weaken the cartels, "... reducing consumption in the United States, it would have only a limited adverse impact on trafficking organizations. There is more than enough demand globally to attract and sustain traffickers who are willing to take the risks to satisfy that demand. "
https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep0498 ... b_contents
"In the absence of these crucial factors, legalization will merely allow criminals to operate in a newly legal economy, often with the same violent practices as they practiced in the illegal space."
https://www.brookings.edu/on-the-record ... -the-world
"Creating legal jobs on a sufficient scale should be a critical element of most strategies for dealing with drug economies; though it is not relevant in some cases, such as in cracking down on fentanyl trafficking from China. "
https://www.brookings.edu/on-the-record ... the-world/
"Legalization Advocates Hope to End Mexico’s Drug War"
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/12/le ... alization/
"it is now more common for sicarios, or hitmen, to use the Galil ACE, an Israeli rifle that is manufactured in Colombia. The Galil ACE is an official weapon for Mexican and Colombian law enforcement."
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/me ... ar-AAUq2np
Legalizing all drugs would piss off the cartels, who knows what they'll do for revenge. So, does someone have a better idea?