NP-The Last Narc (Prime)

[David Morris]

The most shocking part of this documentary is how the US government was a
very active participant in the drug trafficking, murders, and cover ups.

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 4:03 PM Gary Webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree...I’m not a scholar of the cartels, but the drug war in Mexico
> has been just another example of a insoluble problem, that has been
> gradually escalating on a somewhat annual basis...
>
> Mexico’s GDP has grown something like 44% from 1994 to 2019 (just doing a
> quick & dirty calculation, don’t quote me...), but now you have this in
> 2020:
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> https://www.the-sun.com/news/us-news/1164447/mexicos-jalisco-drug-cartel-pose-weapons-chanting-mencho/
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> And you have violence in what was once peaceful areas:
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> https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-08-02/el-marro-vs-el-mencho-cartel-turf-war-roils-mexicos-guanajuato
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> Lest we forget the Mummies of Guanajuato, as mentioned in ATD:
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummies_of_Guanajuato
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Aug 6, 2020, at 3:13 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I haven’t watched the Netflix dramatization yet, but the Prime show is all
> interviews with the real people, witnesses and participants of the whole
> thing.  I think that is more powerful.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:59 AM Gary Webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Narcos:México on Netflix, which covers the same topic...PRI/CIA/Cartels &
>> the DEA... The ending monologue by Diego Luna is good...
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> > On Aug 6, 2020, at 11:41 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > An extremely well made documentary.  A deep dive into incredibly
>> layered
>> > corruption and complicity.
>> >
>> > https://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Narc-Season-1/dp/B08D11X73N/ref=nodl_
>> >
>> > David Morris
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