Summary
Mexico’s military has become deeply entrenched in civil life, expanding beyond public security to control infrastructure projects, airports, customs, and even luxury tourism ventures like the Mayan Train.
This trend accelerated under former President López Obrador, who dismantled the federal police and relied on the military for major tasks, bypassing transparency and civilian oversight.
Critics warn the military’s growing power undermines democracy, worsens human rights abuses, and weakens civil institutions.
Current President Claudia Sheinbaum appears poised to continue this militarized governance model, with demilitarization unlikely in the near future.
This trend accelerated under former President López Obrador
Accelerated is the wrong word since he was the one who started giving them control of civil and private matters, even telling them to let certain narcos take control of towns and to not disturb them.
This is all by design, they know what they are doing and now that they have absolute power there’s nobody who can stop them.
As much as I don’t like it, the federal police proved themselves completely inept at tackling the increased cartel violence and in most cases became complicit in it. At least the Military just shoots the fuckers instead of negotiating with literal terrorists within Mexico.
At least the Military just shoots the fuckers
No, they don’t.
Yeah, it’s a cultural problem.
Until Mexican culture stops valuing gangbanging as much as it does, its people will continue to suffer because of gangs.
This is giving “all inner city black folks are in a gang” vibes
No it’s not.
Uh what the actual fuck? the PEOPLE of Mexico do not “value” gangbanging. your perception of Mexico has been twisted by American news and propaganda. The gangs are about control and money, that is all. The PEOPLE of Mexico hate the cartels as much as anyone else.
What are you talking about?
Why do you think they have a gang problem if there weren’t people who supported the gangbangers?
People gangbang mostly for wealth and status. Clearly there are too many people in mexico who reward gangbangers which is why they keep gangbanging.
The gangs are about control and money, that is all.
Yeah. Why do they want that money? Are they being rewarded by the PEOPLE of Mexico because they have money, regardless of how they got that money?
Herein lies your cultural problem.
