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Xipe Totec

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1. Yup, that's par for the course down here.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2013, 01:47 PM

Apr 2013

You may think the violence is confined to the other side of the river, but it's coming across more and more.

And building a fence along the border is not going to make a difference, so long as the US keeps providing arms to the narcos.

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Singer found dead along road in rural South Texas [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2013 OP

Yup, that's par for the course down here. Xipe Totec Apr 2013 #1

WRT Drug cartels, the US could put them out of business TheDebbieDee Apr 2013 #2

Just like the end of Prohibition dealt the death blow to the rackets in the USA NoPasaran Apr 2013 #3

Really? Organized crime ceased to exist and profits evaporated on booze mbperrin Apr 2013 #4

Jeez, I guess we need closed captions for the sarcasm-impaired NoPasaran Apr 2013 #6

Well, I'm stupid. mbperrin Apr 2013 #7

No problem NoPasaran Apr 2013 #8

The pot cartels would disappear from HERE and try to set-up shop in another country TheDebbieDee Apr 2013 #10

The end of Prohibition didn't deal a deathblow to the rackets........ TheDebbieDee Apr 2013 #9

Cartels would become legitimate businesses with lower operating costs, lower prices, and mbperrin Apr 2013 #5