Quote:The Cartels are only as powerful as they are because of government bribes, they own half of the country conservatively. In areas where the Farmers didn't disarm the cartel isn't nearly as strong.

 

A disarmed populace has a direct effect in a stronger criminal organization. 

 

Like I said, the government bribes aren't a choice of money or no money.  It's a choice of money or the brutal murder of you and everyone you love.  The government can't do anything about it BECAUSE the cartels are better armed than they are.  There's been entire caravans of a dozen AFI agents in full combat gear that have been ambushed and murdered by the cartels.  The cartels then had the time to pick up their own dead and wounded and leave at their own discretion because there was nobody that could come and help.

 

There are dozens of cities where there is no longer a police force because they've all been exterminated.  Police chiefs in Mexico that aren't in the pocket of cartels die in short order.

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