Murder of mayor shows that Mexican government can only operate with the permission of cartels

“The mayor of the capital of Mexico’s violence-wracked state of Guerrero was assassinated on Sunday, less than a week after taking office, the state’s governor confirmed. Reuters reported this on Sunday. “The official confirmation came after photos circulated on messaging app WhatsApp showing a severed head on a pick-up truck, which appeared to belong to Arcos.”

“Arcos’ death comes just three days after the new secretary of the city government, Francisco Tapia, was shot dead,” the report added.

So much for what Senator Alejandro Moreno called “young and honest public servants seeking progress for their communities.” So much for Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado, who was “filled with indignation.” The message is clear: if they view “reformers” as enough of a threat, the ruthless cartels will not only remove them, but do so in a barbaric manner, sending a clear and deadly message to anyone who thinks about it.

So much for Mexico’s vaunted “gun laws,” which do nothing more than ensure that the people will continue to be ruled by public and private warlords.

And so much for the brief public memories of the propaganda push that led to Operation Fast and Furious. Possibly because none of the imports were actually punished for the criminal “gunwalking” plot that led to the deaths of untold numbers of Mexican and American citizens, the usual political, academic, and media characters are once again blaming “lax U.S. gun laws.” the ubiquitous massacres fuel the demand to disarm more potential victims.

‘Exit Wounds’ finds that the majority of gun violence in Mexico is committed with weapons from the U.S., WBUR, Boston’s National Public Radio channel, claimed. “Host Deepa Fernandes speaks with Brown University Associate Professor Ieva Jusionyte about her new book ‘Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border,’ which provides a deep dive into how and why guns from the United States continue to flow into Mexico. ”

How deep? Does the report conclude: “Because the Democrats who ban guns want the border open so they can have more illegal aliens who can follow their ‘path to citizenship’ and achieve an unquestionable majority”? But don’t take my word for it: take Chuck Schumer’s (and funny, how none of the major national and state “gun rights” groups are willing to acknowledge that a politician’s “immigration” votes have a direct impact on the ‘single issue’). ”).

But if gunwalking is still a problem, tell us that the “bulk gun purchase” and the four border state rules didn’t work, without telling us that the “bulk gun purchase” and the four border state rules didn’t work. Did anyone capable of critical thinking actually believe he would do that, or that the motive behind imposing it was something other than more incremental transgressions toward new gun bans?

Or that “straw-bought” semis represent the cartels’ real firepower? There’s a new one Wall Street Journal report published Saturday: “The U.S. Weapons Mexican Cartels Covet: A Visual Guide.” Favorites include the fully automatic multi-barrel and belt-fed SAWS.

Straw buyers certainly don’t get it from FFLs or through “gun show loopholes.”

Where the cartels get them from is corrupt government officials in their pockets. Of them and of things pouring in over Mexico’s southern borders.

“The munitions are going across the border into Mexico – the southern border,” I reported in 2011. “Also: some were taken/purchased/stolen from the Mexican military itself.”

We knew it then and we know it now: the very ones whose goal is to disarm American gun owners, and their cheerleaders in the media, do not want the public against whom they have expended so much energy to lie about the “secret ‘. But the information is there for anyone with an open mind to follow source links and prove themselves.

“Conviction of Top Mexican Cops Shows Corruption Problem, Not US Guns,” I reported Firearms News in March 2023. “Former Mexican Public Security Minister Genaro Garcia Luna is guilty of drug trafficking and also shows new points about US weapons in Mexico.”

“The Supreme Court has agreed to challenge the arms industry in the Mexican government’s lawsuit against them,” Legal Insurrere, among others, reports. “The Mexican government has sued major arms companies, accusing them of fueling cartel violence in the country. The government also blamed US gun laws. The government wants $10 billion.”

Mexican prohibitionists who ignore the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to effect the disarmament of American citizens are creatures who can only operate at the behest of cartel monsters who decapitate to terrorize.

“I expect our team to win. What I am most curious about is what the Democratic judges will do, and how they will rationalize their arguments if they side with Mexico,” I noted on my The War on Weapons: Notes from the Resistance blogging. “While SCOTUS is now taking on this and the frames/recipients, it is beyond me how any gun owner can justify not voting and letting Kamala Harris reform the Court.”

About David Codrea:

David Codrea is the winner of multiple journalist awards for investigating/defending the RKBA and a longtime advocate for gun owners’ rights who provocatively challenges the folly of disarming civilians. He blogs at “The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance,” is a regular contributor to Firearms News, and posts on Twitter: @dcodera and Facebook.