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This is important.

Just a couple of days ago we found out that 4 undercover CIA agents were operating here in Mexico: https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2026/04/22/no-eran-dos-eran-c...

It has been knokwn that US government operatives provide weapons to Mexican cartels ( https://grothman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?Document... ).

So, yeah, the US is no "blanca palomita" at all. And those of us suffering from their actions have learned that all powerful nations have good and bad things. Here in Mexico, we've got BYD cars, and they are AMAZING. Also being able to use DeepSeek is so cool.

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If your government refuses to stop the flow of drugs into the US by addressing cartels don't be surprised if the US delivers weapons to said cartels so they can have some infighting going on.

If the mexican government would actually make work of dismantling the organized trade, there would be no incentive to deliver them weapons to shoot each other.

Demand, markets are always driven by demand.

So that’s an excuse?

That’s your understanding of why Intelligence backs/works with cartels?!

Oh honey. Black budgets. Cashflow, flow of power.

The “Mexican government” was headed by CIA assets multiple times in recent history: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34903090

https://jacobin.com/2023/06/mexico-jose-lopez-portillo-decla...

What are you expecting Mexico to do, again?

supply is never an issue, USA would supply poison to entire planet if the demand was there. blaming Mexico for the sickness of our society is very rich (but often repeated)

I never pretend supply is a monocausal issue, but it is a contributing issue.

You prefer to believe in monocausal scapegoat mechanisms? Stick your head in the sand at your own peril.

You claim US would supply the poison with pleasure itself, but then why is it being imported?

My Spanish isn't great, but it seems like the CIA agents were going on missions with Mexican authorities. Is that an issue?

They were declared cia officers with black diplomatic passports.

> Just a couple of days ago we found out that 4 undercover CIA agents were operating here in Mexico

was that a surprise? i'd be more surprised if it were only 4.

They were actually 10 haha, according to the article.

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