Mexican Drug Cartels - Endless Corruption

Mexican authorities said at a forum that drug-trafficking gangs pay around 1.27 billion pesos (some $100 million) a month in bribes to municipal police officers nationwide Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna said that figure was calculated based on perceptions of municipal officers themselves and an analysis of a list of cops recruited by the cartels that was found during a police operation. A couple of months ago, 43 students embarked on a journey that ended in horrific deaths. The bus that was journeying on was stopped by the police and was fired upon according to a survivor.

Later, the bodies were removed, and placed in a large ditch by men ordered by the drug cartels whose bodies was covered by rocks, tires and then diesel and gasoline. The bodies burned for over 24 hours. When they returned and the fire was out and cooled. They were ordered to remove the ashes and placed them with bones fragments into trash bags and thrown into a riverbank.?

This is just an example of how Mexican law enforcement works with the Mexican drug Cartels and how the cartels with law enforcement authorities are more dangerous now than ISIS.?

The only prevalent force fighting the war against trafficking and corruption is armed civilians as a militia who creates a curfew and roadblocks.?

Mexican authorities admits that drug-trafficking gangs pay around 1.27 billion pesos (some $100 million) a month in bribes to municipal police officers nationwide. Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna said that figure was calculated based on perceptions of municipal officers themselves and an analysis of a list of cops recruited by the cartels that was found during a police operation. High ranking officials defend this because it makes up what the government does not pay to make them lives with dignity. Authorities assert that of the country’s 165,510 municipal officers nationwide, just over 20 percent earns less than 1,000 pesos ($79) a month, while 60.9 percent earns no more than 4,000 pesos ($317) monthly. The secretary, who backs President’s Felipe Calderon’s proposal for a single police force per state, said municipal officers currently account for 38.73 percent of all police in the country, adding that rather than combat crime they merely comply with the guidelines of their jurisdictions. Their training is lack and require stricter oversight but that does not coincide for the mass corruption of the alliance with the cartels and their reign of terror.?

I believe that a leader with strong disciplines and leadership bringing a single federal authority will be a start to end the corruption. The military might of Mexico needs to combat the terrorism of the Cartels.?

Nearly 30,000 people have died in incidents blamed on organized-crime groups, mainly drug traffickers, in Mexico since late 2006, when newly inaugurated President Felipe Calderon deployed tens of thousands of soldiers and federal police to nearly a dozen states in a bid to stem the violence and root-out corruption in local law-enforcement agencies. State and local police in Mexico are poorly paid and are often confronted with the choice known here as “plomo o plata” (lead or silver): accept a bribe for looking the other way or get killed for refusing. During Calderon’s tenure, a total of 915 municipal police, 698 state police and 463 federal agents have been killed at the hands of criminal gangs, according to Public Safety Secretariat figures. These figures are grossly inaccurate as well as Calderon’s accomplishments.?

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Scott Bernstein is a recognized public figure in the world of international law enforcement. He has been? celebrated for his multifaceted career as an international bounty hunter, child recovery agent, and counter terrorist Operative.? Bernstein frequently lends his expertise to network and cable news outlets, providing critical analysis and insights into complex criminal cases and terrorism related matters. Scott was the sole contracted Bounty Hunter for 'America's Most Wanted' for 8 seasons.He was regularly hired to cover most of the high profile cases in our modern day era. HIs collaborative efforts extend to agencies such as the DEA, INS, FBI, and the US Marshal service.? His enduring commitment to justice and his invaluable contributions make Scott Bernstein an iconic figure in the realm of international law enforcement, counter terrorism, and security.

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Scott Bernstein is a recognized public figure in the world of international law enforcement. He has been? celebrated for his multifaceted career as an international bounty hunter, child recovery agent, and counter terrorist Operative.? Bernstein frequently lends his expertise to network and cable news outlets, providing critical analysis and insights into complex criminal cases and terrorism related matters. Scott was the sole contracted Bounty Hunter for 'America's Most Wanted' for 8 seasons.He was regularly hired to cover most of the high profile cases in our modern day era. HIs collaborative efforts extend to agencies such as the DEA, INS, FBI, and the US Marshal service.? His enduring commitment to justice and his invaluable contributions make Scott Bernstein an iconic figure in the realm of international law enforcement, counter terrorism, and security.

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