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- Mexico's new president Andrés Manuel López Obrador is promising a radical transformation of his country's policy to tackle the production of illegal drugs.
The drug war in Mexico claims thousands of lives each year and parts of the country are controlled by notorious drug lords. But the most infamous, known as 'El Chapo', is currently on trial on the US and many other drug kingpins have either been killed or jailed. Has the tide now turned in Mexico's brutal drug war?
Reality Check investigates.
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The army can, the Federal Police can, but they can’t against government corruption
Yep, that's the problem. There has to be some type of revolution or war from within.
Corrupt US ans mexican politicians need to be eliminated first
To paraphrase a line from The Wire, You can't call it a War On Drugs. Wars can be won.
Factual.
Brother ... Same thing said in Narcos Mexico
You can't have a war on drugs it's a war on people
Except the vietnam war and war in Afghanistan 🤔
@@efraing3535 Vietnam won that war and the Taliban will probably win in Afghanistan.
The Mexican Government took out El Chapo and let loose El Mencho😂😂😂 He makes El Chapo look like a Priest
@@ceezar2759 na not me mate dont do dirty shit like that leave that to the Mexicans as there in to shoveling shit and tunnels personally I'd burn the whole country to the floor and start again people to
Kel Lazell you white folks like touching your sisters, LMAO. Fuck outta here
iONLY well since El Chapo is gone is I assume Mexico is safe for right now.
@@emilio2647 I guess you never heard of El Mencho... 10x more Violent and has hoarded billions n cash. Mexico got worse. Power vacumms = VIOLENCE
@@ionly6805 I've heard about El Mencho a few years back. I heard US authorities still didn't find him up to this day.
The drug cartel problem is more a problem of lawlessness and corruption than anything else. The Mexican government's writ does not run across large parts of Mexico. Even if narcotics were legalized, I don't think that the drug cartels would lose any of their power, given the pervasive corruption and lack of will on the part of the Mexican government.
@Jason Kopf The problem is that the people are extremely corrupt and depraved. You can literally get away with cold-blooded murder by bribing the police and having it pinned on an innocent person. The Mexican army is still the strongest force in the area. The government has literally abandoned large swathes of land to the cartels. The drug cartels are powerful only because they are in bed with the government. This War on Drugs is a sham. Both the government and the drug cartels are on the same side. My cynical mind tells me that it's all a show to appease the American government and bilk billions of dollars in aid from the American taxpayer.
Wrong, they will compete against domestic us companies that will drive down their dogsh t operations profit margin and they will make no money
As long as the US maintain a huge drug demand and their government does nothing to stop drug smuggling and establish stricter rules for weapon trading, the answer is NO. America is the main support for Mexican cartels.
Its corruption lol. If mexico magically had 0% corruption, they themselves could quickly get rid of all these scumbag rats.
When I was in the military service, I was talking with a sergeant and he told me that if the army, federal forces and the navy were authorized to use the lethal force against the cartels, the cartels would be wiped out under 21 hours, they wouldn't have a chance against security forces firepower.
They’re not gonna green light it because too many innocent ppl will die
But then they'd turn to terrorist
You think the cartels are gonna straight up fight the military , you have to be a moron if your gonna believe that, funny how someone that stupid and cocky is in the military,
I dunno. Can Mexico defeat CIA?
Until you Americans/European continue to consume, nothing will stop drug lords 🤭
@Dog Lofi not even them. Since the usa has a location advantage
@@mineguerrero7149 they don't consume though😢 it is imported throughout the world. Main consumers are immigrants in the usa. Immigrants from all over South America. Not just Mexico . if they were threatened with a nuke its the end
@@abel3557 lol how could you tell about that, they cannot even won against Vietnamese and taliban,
@@abel3557 if USA nuke them the enemy has nuke too the scary part is the nuke has no accuracy meaning when the enemies nuke drop on any US states every place will be eaten by explosions and radiation, yes US is powerful but not as powerful like 19th and 20th century China Russia and other countries is rising up and even fuguring out not to depend on US dollars
As Americans we must pray for the Mexican President as we do our own simply for his battle against an incredibly difficult war with his own people but also because it effects us as well as the mexican families on the other side. Especially the children who are being brought up in that world of drugs and violence as well as all of the unfortunate casualties of war that get swept under the rug
Pray to what? Thousands are dying. Don’t you think their families have tried that already. Prayers will not fix this problem.
what kind of leader values the life of strong and devalues life of weaklings?
everything’s just corrupted
Short answer: no
Long answer: nnnnnnoooooooooo
Yup i and my dad have always bealived tough cartel may be stronk never as though as the Mexican government, the new president things hugs and kisses will bring peace so he says that declaring war on cartels would kill to many innocent lives, but if he grows up he can destroy the cartels
@@deepfriedapple4606 kisses and hugs means get an agreement between the government and drug cartels, the leaders of the drug cartels give information to the government in exchange to get witnesser protection and going to jail with some benefits, they are actually dismantling the cartels from inside. Just like how it is happening with the Mexico City gangs, almost every leader of the gangs is now in jail with this "kisses and hugs" plan.
@Meditatin_Bry nah, it is already working.
For example in Mexico City, the leaders of gangs and small cartels suddenly started to surrender and the government negotiated their sentence.
That is what "kisses and hugs mean"
This has been going on for many years from what I hear, and nothing has been done so definitely no
British media: We would like to learn about the Drug Cartels in UK.
Archie Richard since when is there even gangs in the uk or even drugs I problaby know there’s a bit of violence there but not a lot
follow the drug money and when you get to England... say Hi to the reptilian queen!
@@khalidkrikannabilidovsativ8829 😂
That's cuz that's not known era Mexico is the known violent country u only here news talking about Mexico not other countries
@@JesusGonzalez-ms3cp Youre right, no trouble ere guvnor, we all drink tea and eat crumpets lol
Is not just Mexico being involved in this problem but people from the US to. We dont hear it that often but our government also supports these cartels bc it makes them millions of dollars
How?
And the Aussies are in the drug war as some drugs go to them
@@tylerdaniels9000 Supporting cartels selling them weapons and buying their drugs. I mean use a little imagination: US doesn't have big capos like "EL Chapo" Drugs crosses the border and magically gets into your neighborhood. Who distribute them?
Mexico needs to create an elite regiment with one mission. That mission being eradicating all of the drug lords in Mexico
Mexico can't win, they're owned by cartels. Deal with it.
Doesn’t work when corruption is at the highest roles of the government
@Fascista Mexicano Last thing mexico needs as its unstable as it is
@Fascista Mexicano Its unrealistic to happen. The government wont accept it and will put down any attempted coup d'etat or revolution. The cartels wont have any of it either knowing such an attempt and overthrow of the current government would put an end to there buisness. While i do believe mexico needs a new government its almost impossible now because mexico is plagued by corruption and is a pretty much a narco state. Its sad really.
Airstrikes, airstrikes, airstrikes. It's the only way, when the Mexican population and youth see cartel buildings smoldering in fire and cartel gunmen dead all over the street, they would rethink the lifestyle. So would any corrupt politician. It's a psychological war. Unfortunately the Mexican government is too corrupt, and it may take an outside military power to do this, maybe the U.S. but that could start a war.
Idea:
Leave Iran, Iraq & Syria
Spend the money/man power on taking down every drug cartel in Mexico?
Do you mean the CIA and Mossad Drug Cartel?
Not so fast, you can’t come in to a country and interrogate anyone unless the murder of an American Agent happened in Mexico then the U.S government can demand to know what’s going on and even send the DEA and FBI. You see how this works?
@@Mordecrabs Thing is, American citizens were killed in Mexico, google it.
People like you are what gives me hope for humanity, sir. I give you my vote for U.S president.
Maybe if mexico ahs oil
I actually live in Mexico I live in Juarez this weekend i saw 12 police convoys there are so many dying I wish us as Latinos can get our shit together we are a race that hates our own race
Cartels? Created, funded, trained and armed by USA and Israel ??
órale, mis brits
BBC is British-Zionist propaganda
@@eljusticiero3899 well if Mexico doesn't get a grip on its drug war and start jailing it's cartels then it wouldn't be long before Mexico becomes another Syria or Yemen.
@@emilio2647 well first Mexico is going to have to get rid of corrupted people and then they can get on the job of winning the war
@@emilio2647 and during the beginning of the war there were a lot of captured drug cartel leaders
@@redguardcommissar7033 well my friends down in Mexico were telling me how the Mexican politicians and the police are on the on cartel's payroll.
If the 🇺🇸 would stop the flow of guns going into Mexico it will help but they don't because they're getting a profit.
You realize the weapons the cartels use are completely illegal for even a US citizen to have in the United States. You can’t buy fully automatic rifles, armor piercing bullets and 50 caliber rifles anywhere legally. They obtain them illegally and will whether the U.S. is there or not. For some reason leftists seem to just not understand this or basic logic.
@@philbb23 not true, as a republican I know 90% of the guns in Mexico where legally purchase in Texas
You realize that USA has some profit by these corruptions and even weaponry right? They can stop that the government can but, they don't cause it is the way of the system now cartel forever, it is ashamed that mexico has a strong military and police but cannot stop cartels? The most laughable thing is they're everywhere commiting genocide to the people and spread on most part of country Heck they even have their own personal military and heavy equipment and ARMORED VEHICLES wtf HOWWW they grew like this, it is terrorism if the authorities don't act it could lead to war oh wait IT iS
the war on drugs is unwinnable.
Only if it want on drugs
This is a war of control
By Western rules.
ehem ehem philippine president ehem ehem du30 ehem ehem
@@emansept29 what a terrible example of a politician. His policies are disgusting, only ending peoples lives, not the existence of these banned substances.
@OldsqlCr4nk that's not fascism. Leftys say that so often without even understanding what it means lol It's a valid solution you just don't like it. But it's been proven effective and improved the life of millions in the Philippines.
If Columbia can get rid of their drug problems, so can Mexico, I hope one day Mexico will be free with the cartels control.
wzz tha problem, pocholo?
Defeat them with hugs. That should work right?
yes, hug your kids so they don't turn to drugs, and for the approval of others who just want to use them for their own gain.
Saw a documentary asking a cartel member how did they know how to cook meth he said “ a American gringo came down here to teach us ..”
A big business that the powerful governments do not want to stop.
My guy that's like illegal and would cause war
We as Mexicans are with the President and ofcourse we can win this war💪💚🎮❤
War? who's the enemy? You can't see it! you are pejezombie! hahahaha
You can’t and you never will
@@ardit6858 bruh this was 3 years ago dumbass
Evacuate and run from that shit hole bro . you may be a immigrants to the outside world but atleast you will have your limbs and torso intact . Naive kid thinks world is all rainbows and glitters
@@ardit6858 mann, shut up
I hope he’ll fight the war of drugs accordingly unlike in the philippines.
U.S loves its massive military spending millions of dollars and touting it as one of the worlds finest. Can’t be bothered to help Mexico right on the border with this issue. What are we paying them for?
To help our country not their shithole
The us is it’s own country that’s why they invest in the military they keep themselves safe not another countries
@@prod.lovedreamz9435 so what about the middle-eastern countries they love to keep "safe?"
@@philbb23 many things wrong with your comment but I'll just state the obvious one. If that's the case then why were US troops sent to Afghanistan? They killed the Al Qaeda leader so why stick around? OH RIGHT because they [the US] declared themselves as "The World Police" and because the US are responsible for a lot of things around the world including the creation of ISIS and the Taliban and the flood of weapons going into Mexico.
@@prod.lovedreamz9435 Billions to Israel, mere tens of millions to Mexico.
The US has supported Mexico war (favour) in Drug financially, military and *_Consumption_* :)
For real tho. Whats all this anti drug policy even for? I mean clearly its inteded goals aren't being reach if even those where the inteded goals
Exactly Zealous, What are the banks that have legalized drug money? US banks.
Also, federal angencies supplied weapons to the cartels, DEA and all those angencies are not stopping drug cartels, on the contrary, because all of that is lucrative for them.
Only way to stop the violence is decriminalize drug poisson in Mexico or legalize all drugs and regulate in Mexico.
Regulations and Legalization are the only way to fight the Cartels.
Yeah legalization of cocaine, heroin, meth... seems a good idea
@@firstnamett4656 You'd throw away everything America stands for, in exchange for... what? Violent power fantasy fulfillment? You're as bad as the drug pushers.
@FAT cat You do not get to determine what America stands or doesn't stand for. The founding fathers are the ones to whom that grave duty solely falls upon, and it is in their, as it is in every civilized western nation's, principle a nationstate does not stoop to summarily murdering its own citizenry. If the principle of legalism and the rights of the individual are speculated on to the extent that the average policeman is made judge, jury and executioner beyond his already heavy responsibilities, you will find that you have lost everything. Your freedoms, your securities, your future, and worst of all, your humanity.
This is not a game. The consequences are real.
@@firstnamett4656 I am afraid your society already fails to achieve your standards. But you are in good company, as your angry and sadistic views fail the standards of society just as well.
@@augustanzaldivarisidoro2402 How very Franco of you. But no, the choice is not between degeneracy or discipline. The matter is complicated, and only populists offer quick and easy solutions, done with a shake of the magic wand only they possess.
And then all hell breaks loose, and your entire society devolves into a nonfunctioning police state.
The Cartel of Donald Trump is fucked up.
Florida is a failed drug state
@@Alfa7beta0 where Trump launders money
FBI > trump organization
Lived in Albuquerque for years. No drug busts on I40, rarely, the highway from LA east. We all know this, crooked law enforcement.
... follow the drug money to Mar-a-Lago
Do they have an incentive to? What would be the economic fallout of dismantling one of the most lucrative sectors in the country that creates so many jobs?
So who won the Opium-War, China or UK?
Is it easy to buy heroin in the streets of London?
Certainly. It's extremely easy
Fuck london
@@archierichard5761 I heard that it's also easy to buy marijuana on the streets of London.
Drug trafficking will never stop. Period.
Philippines has some kind of system
kill one drug dealer to save hundreds of innocent people.
no they dont
@@jamesarrabis7620 kill a pot smoker to distract from the human trafficking running the country.
@@jamesarrabis7620 damn bro u really going around saying shit like that.
@@pizzasandwich8229 ARE YOU SURE ? so jaguar was just a smoker ? .. kerwin espinosa was just a smoker ? JB SEBASTIAN was just a smoker? // hahahaha
#FREEMEXICONOW
Who else watched Narcos Mexico?
TW E just finished it and i’ve seen el chapo. if these are true depictions of how it is in mexico...? it’ll only get worse.
I just finished watching today. This is an endless cycle.
Its much more worse in mexico nowdays
1:25 Escobar was killed. Only thing captured was his corpse.
The Cartels will never stop until the appetite is decreased and that does not look like its going anywhere.. If there is demand there is supply
A drug user (N America)
Will Always need a drug dealer (S America)
yes they can but it would require a government department to be more powerful than government itself. The same question was asked in the US if the Soviet Union and communism could be defeated. Yes but it would mean a police state.
The drug laws in America and Europe would have to change dramatically. With more harm reduction and rehabilitation policies than just military policy. However, widespread corruption and poverty would have dealt with. That said this war on drugs is unwinnable.
Daym, the next season of Narcos will be lit.
The war on drugs seems to be more of a cultural problem whose solution lies not in any government policy. End counterculture = end drug culture.
After listening to this, building a wall isn't as bad of an idea after all
Rick Sanchez won’t really help as drug cartels will find other means of bringing in the drug. The only solution is to go ask after the source, which is the cartel. Use full military force to take down The cartels.
@@cryptobuzz1680 fair enough, I just believe that new cartels will form because demand for drugs is high
@@MrFlexNC New cartels would take decades to rebuild even of the demand is still there. Infrastructure is easier to destroy than to build, locals would terrified of joining cartels after seeing an onslaught of military force.
@@rs72098 have the feeling that military forces only up the price and up the number of guns on the cartel side. as long as demand is present, the price will meet the willingness to take risks. Fear is a factor that money can undo
Colombians got tired of the drug violence, so the USA moved its drug business to Mexico.
Colombians just not tough enough compared to mexicans
The title of the video is a question you never answer... so, context only with a bit of clickbait?
NO❗Demand for drugs has to decrease for that to happen.
Only if the Mexico and the US legalise drugs
And which kind of drugs?
already did Big Pharma
BiG_Cerrote5150 did someone say raype
@javier cazares dude meth will mess you up. That's the reason for violent crimes. Legalizing it will only bring make things worse.
Depending on drugs cuz meth and heroine is something else I wouldent even want a friend who do that cuz he will kill me
as long as there is demand, drugs will be a thriving business
As long as there is illegal activities, there was always be law enforcement and repurcussions.
We need to legalize!
@@dorianwhitney1 Won't happen. Health insurance laws would be chaos if cocaine was legal, any company that sold it legally would face lawsuits. You're dreaming.
Canabis production is up in Canada as well since it's legal here now. Good luck building a wall between us as it would cost Trillions
To make a long story short, no it can't.
The Mexican government is in a tough situation, the country's been fucked for years. I hope something soon they solve the drug issue and become a better country
Liam coghlan They will never become a better country. It could improve a little bit would take 3-4 generations. They have been subjugated for 400 years by the Spanish, Catholic Church, rich families and corruption. There is a good short book that explains the mentality, “Why Mexicans Think and Behave The Way They Do” on Amazon. Only 159 pages and it is available on google books as a .pdf
There is zero strategic planning, complete lack of understanding time and since primary school they are thought to respect seniors and not question authority. Zero critical thinking and an abundance of defeatism.
Lol it will take "LOTS OF YEARS" for Mexico to change and be a better country than right now...
@@ApriliaRacer14 Really depressing stuff.. I just wonder what could be attempted to be done, if anything. However, it's always good to have hope, crazier things have happened than a country like Mexico getting on its feet.
Yes, Mexico can defeat the drug cartels.
HaHaHaHaHa!!!! 😂🤣
Can the USA defeat the drug cartels in US soil? Or how thousands of tons of drugs are trafficked inside the USA? By quantum teleportation or magic?
@@edgarmondragon4708 the drug war is unstoppable.
As long as there is a illegal market it would just continue.
They can if they legalize the drugs there
No!!! Only Decriminalization on the both the supply and demand sides will end this war on the people.
Agreed
Mexico is already getting better 🇲🇽
I was born in Mexico and can already see _small_ improvements . When the government legalizes weed it will take even more power away from cartels. This video dramatizes the issue, most areas are much safer now.
they can but they have to go after the cartel bosses in the government
Clearly not.
They need help from the whole world.
Can Mexico Solve the drugs problem?
Only If Detuerte became Mexico President!!!
If you watch the video they say the past 12 years in Mexico have been detuerte on steroids and it hasn't made anything better.
@@thechosenone1533 if they have someone like detuerte Alchapo would be found in the street with 10 bullet inside his body. not extadited to US!
@@Alfaspring and how would that reduce violence? After his death they will need new leader and drug cartels don't exactly hold elections to select their leaders.
No matter how many bosses are killed there will always be an underling eager to step up and become boss. So long as the trade is so lucrative and there are no other legitimate paths out of poverty there will be more bosses.
The more brutal the gov't war the readier the cartels will be to use violence. The cycle of violence will just keep ratcheting upward.
Legalize, regulate and tax. Pretty soon cartels will stand to earn pennies instead of $billions and they'll lose interest in keeping up the violence. It's why we don't see cartel turf wars over dairy products.
@@CarFreeSegnitz lol it seem the detuerte doing great job
Adicted user usually sell to others users to. Detuerte basicly all.
Look Philliphines now. 1.3 million adict surrender.
the demand drop. who gonna buy?
And the only country defeat ISIS is Philliphines. not iraq not syria not russia either
Duterte kick ISIS Ass
So . . . . if USA legalize weed, will it affect the cartel?
Yes, it'll make them more powerful because now THEY CAN SELL THEIR PRODUCT LEGALLY.
@@geoplane3799 ...not how that works.
Drugs equals money and money rules the world. Some addicted people will die from its consumption because they don't value their life if some states want to get a certain control on the product just legalized it to monitor the quality and trade of the product.
Wanna win the war against drugs? Legalize the stuff that would make more profit than harm, like marijuana and try to locate the issue from the inside. Is not how do we stop the drugs is more how do we stop the people to being tempted to use them. Less people who use drugs= less drugs being sold. I’m Mexican btw and sick of all the hypocrisy around this issue. MILLIONS die from this violent corrupted issue that we pretend we don’t have a clue how to solve but are to cheap to actually do anything
BBC News Knows there shit... This is the only News Network I respect.
BBC informants informing you
@@Alfa7beta0 Pobre 🤵🏻
Ask them how much they have advanced in the war on drugs in the last forty years?
Netflix El chapo series brought me here
Never no country would be able to defeat the cartel
I think its better if they get rid of drugs how hard can it be?
NO
WTO rules please. No deal is the best deal. Im not frightened of leaving the EU. Im terrified of staying.
When life is so shit that you need to utterly destroy human life just to get a buzz.
The thing is .. in Mexico .. the geography of it being next to America .. someone is always gonna want to provide drugs for America
What's it feel like taking drugs?
many drug addicts and junkies in England..
That didn’t answer the question.....
No they can’t beat them. They could not stop a bunch of Central Americans at their border.
What’s the best way to neutralize this cartels?! Decriminalize drug use in america. Heck… let American companies import cocaine legally from the source and sell it here as a prescription drug.
Wow !!! I changed my mind visiting Mexico. The drug cartels the reason why I don't want to visit any part of Mexico. I speak Spanish always want to get to know Mexicans but I rather be safe than sorry .
Yes, easy. If the consumers stop buying.
It is not about mafia or cartels, it always been about the same reason as in else insurgencies. It is about a fundational political will which differs from the US , the drugs cartels, the use of immigration, rural administrations away from the state surveillance, demographic displacements etc are all elements that have been used by that political will.. And they already had a war in northern Mexico only just a few years ago.
LO is carrying on with policies that he does not really agrees with neither having any political will about them to succeed but he´s been entrusted to implement them so he must to carry on, that is why he as being as being a bit sarcastic or ironic in his speaking. It never gets easy about the idea of refounding the rural administrations in Mexico with fresh new political citizens in those territories and with enough resources to get the actual state infraestructure of Mexico to fully reach for those areas specially when Mexico has a social tradition that keeps their own concept of nationalism. Actually this is one of the reason why those type of wars are so hard to achieve an ever lasting successful rate.
Answer: NEVER, this is a Latin America problem. This would never happen in a first world country to begin with
Important guy commenting it is already happening
The war on drugs is good for putting the price up.
can we just legalise drugs now.
Yes They can if they really want to
Not when the country is corrupt as fuck 😂🤣🤣
Answer: no
Mexico needs to follow America and other countries on marijuana legalization. Regulate it and take those profits from the cartels and sell marijuana to the their citizens, USA, Canada, and other countries where it is legal. Maybe even lead the stance for legalization of cocaine too and sell it to tourists and citizens. It's time weed and cocaine gets sold with some Tegridy.
No...
i don't even have to look at the full video, Answer is a fat NO
That's a very stupid title. Might as well make it: Can US drug use be stopped?
Only way to stop it is if there is a better route for drugs to reach the US so drugs move on
No. Next question.
It's not just a Mexican problem they would have to start in South America at the source and work their way all the way up every country
I don't see it
Nope!!!
I went into the comments expecting thoughtful discussion, instead I see a bunch of conspiracy theories not even talking about the video. Smh
This video is propaganda.
Answer to the question is simply NO
Yep if they really choose to
Does Mexico want to defeat the cartels affecting people in their country and those in the US?
First they have to defeat HSBC.