[lbo-talk] drug war news

[Bhaskar Sunkara]

The center of the drug trade moved north from Colombia to Mexico during the
1990s, I don't think this has anything to do with NAFTA, just the state of
the Colombian cartels, the proximity of Mexico to the main cocaine market,
and the level of corruption in Mexico.

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:13 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:


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> From: "Dennis Claxton" <ddclaxton at earthlink.net>
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> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexico-poet-20110521,0,316395,print.story
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> Funny how none of this happened before NAFTA. But when the Mexican farmer
> could no longer make a living selling crops -- because subsidized U.S. corn
> put him out of business....well, now there's a drug problem.
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> Joanna
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