News Why it?s time for the U.S. to pull the plug on Mexico

[brassmonkey]

Mexico has struggled for a long time to construct transparent and effective public institutions, but it has now reached a new low.

Last weekend, a panel of five experts who had been hired by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to help investigate the forced disappearance of dozens of student activists from the Ayotzinapa Teachers College in the State of Guerrero, left the country in disgust. They denounced the Enrique Peña Nieto administration for obstructing justice, stonewalling their requests for documents and interviews, as well as for orchestrating a sustained campaign of harassment and intimidation in the media and the courts.

?The obstruction of an investigation of this kind has very serious repercussions for the future,? Angela Buitrago, one of the international experts, told the international press. ?The Mexican system is unique of its kind in the world. It is particularly corrupt and dysfunctional in all its forms and we have been battling against this all these months.?

For another of the experts, Carlos Beristain, ?there are sectors within the government that don?t want certain things to be questioned ... These sectors within the government looked at us as a threat and this hardened their view towards us, which actually reinforces the impunity that stops things from changing in this country.?

Those of us who live and work in Mexico are accustomed to the trials and tribulations of dealing with the ?justice? system here. It is usually a complete waste of time to report crimes to the authorities. It takes hours to file a report, the police rarely investigate, and when they do get around to it they are highly inefficient and often ask for kickbacks.

No wonder less than 10 percent of crimes are ever brought to the attention of the authorities, according to official statistics. Of those, only two-thirds are investigated, a small fraction are brought to court, and almost none actually lead to convictions. Mexico is consistently ranked as one of the countries with the highest impunity rates in the world.

But the case of the 43 student activists missing from the Ayotzinapa teacher?s college since Sept. 26, 2014 was supposed to be different. The forced disappearance of these students led to an historic uprising of the Mexican people that sent tremors throughout the world.

Not since the uprising led by the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) in Chiapas in 1994 had Mexico been convulsed by such a powerful independent citizen movement. On various occasions, hundreds of thousands of people took the streets in Mexico and in dozens of cities abroad. Students suspended classes in dozens of schools throughout the country in solidarity.

Parents of the kidnapped students went so far as to shut down Acapulco?s international airport. Banks, shopping centers, government buildings and highways throughout the country were targeted by the continuous, spontaneous protests which gripped the nation.

The government responded to this uprising with both hard and soft tactics. On the one hand, it stepped up the infiltration and repression of marches and public meetings as well as the censorship of the media. The beating of dozens of protesters, including women and children, and the arbitrary detention of 11 innocent students during the peaceful protests of Nov. 20, 2014, were particularly symbolic in this regard and sent a chill throughout Mexican society. And the firing of Mexico?s most popular radio news anchor, Carmen Aristegui, in March 2015 signaled the end of tolerance of the regime for critical journalism.

Why itâ??s time for the U.S. to pull the plug on Mexico | Dallas Morning News

[Joshua G]

we should build a wall, with a hole shaped like double Ds, so only chesty mexicans can get into USA.

[just a punk]

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by Joshua G

we should build a wall, with a hole shaped like double Ds, so only chesty mexicans can get into USA.

This doesn't sound like a half bad idea really.

[pimpmaster9000]

thank the US war on drugs for the situation in mexico...

[Just Alex]

I would't mind pulling the plug on OP and his friends

[Jigster715]

Mexican elite should be eliminated with extreme fucking prejudice.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Just Alex

I would't mind pulling the plug on OP and his friends

a retard for a retarded solution!

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Joshua G

we should build a wall, with a hole shaped like double Ds, so only chesty mexicans can get into USA.

What about the hot ones with smaller tits and great asses?

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

What about the hot ones with smaller tits and great asses?

hotlinked
mandatory private inspections!!

[Spunky]

Lol @ Trump and his wall. like closing the barn door after the cows left.They will always find a way to enter.they will just go to Canada. Is he going to try to isolate America from the inevitable

[staticiation]

back to Africa

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by staticiation

back to Africa

the butler is back