NP-The Last Narc (Prime)

[Gary Webb]

A lot of weird history with US government and the DFS and the PRI... especially during Cold War... 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_Revolutionary_Party

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirección_Federal_de_Seguridad

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> On Aug 6, 2020, at 5:10 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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>> 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...
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>> 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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>>>> 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.
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>>> David Morris 
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>>>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:59 AM Gary Webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Narcos:México on Netflix, which covers the same topic...PRI/CIA/Cartels & the DEA... The ending monologue by Diego Luna is good... 
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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.
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>>>> > https://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Narc-Season-1/dp/B08D11X73N/ref=nodl_
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>>>> > David Morris
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