I'm in Cozumel right now (live here). Not much going on here. A supermarket caught on fire, this morning. The fire Marshall says it was a short circut. There is a ton of stuff on the internet. It seems most of the violence is in Guadalajara and Puerta Vallarta. Nationwide dozens of cars have been set on fire and many busses. In Cozumel they closed the food festival and some stores closed. But at least here, it is more hype than reality.
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February 22, 2026, 05:38 PM
PASig
Well this is going to be fun watching Trump order the Rangers and SEALS to smash these cartels once and for all. It’s WAY overdue.
February 22, 2026, 06:06 PM
ArtieS
quote:
Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun!!!
In Mexico???
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February 22, 2026, 06:07 PM
FenderBender
Great time to buy some real estate in Jalisco.
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February 22, 2026, 06:57 PM
ZSMICHAEL
I am comfortable with the United States to continue to supply intel to the Mexican army so THEY can do the dirty work. Iran is a much greater concern than Mexico. What are you suggesting a reprisal of the Magnificent Seven?
February 22, 2026, 07:09 PM
badguybuster
Apparently out SEAL teams trained the Mexican military unit that accomplished the assassination
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February 22, 2026, 07:53 PM
ibanda
I'll watch, but the US going into fix that is a suckers move. Yes our Special Ops guys could easily smoke some cartel, but it goes deeper than that.
Mexico needs to get pissed off enough to fix their own corruption. A few years ago the good cops went to arrest the corrupt cops and they had a shoot out inside the terminal of the Mexico City airport. They need to fix their culture. Unfortunately there is so much $ in the drug trade it's really hard to combat that.
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February 22, 2026, 09:08 PM
CPD SIG
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Originally posted by FenderBender: Great time to buy some real estate in Jalisco.
I get the whole "When the streets run red with blood, buy real estate", but I'm gonna wait until the dust settles on this one.
It IS Mexico, afterall.
I'll throw another saying out there: "Nature abhors a vacuum". So who's next? Does the Mexican Government have enough strength to hold this position? Or is it going to be taken over by the next Boss of the next Cartel?
Like I said, I'll wait until the dust settles before I buy Casa Grande in Sayulita.
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February 22, 2026, 09:31 PM
Gustofer
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Originally posted by PASig: Well this is going to be fun watching Trump order the Rangers and SEALS to smash these cartels once and for all. It’s WAY overdue.
Delta is already there.
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February 22, 2026, 09:47 PM
KMitch200
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Or is it going to be taken over by the next Boss of the next Cartel?
Yes. The cartels make a billion dollars a day. Mexico doesn’t have an answer to that.
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February 22, 2026, 10:03 PM
Rightwire
Not hard to watch at this point, look for the towering columns of smoke.
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February 22, 2026, 10:22 PM
darthfuster
This is similar to my assassin squad method of combating tyrants and the like. Only difference is that no one knows who did it so no specific revenge targets. Take out the leadership one by one.
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February 22, 2026, 11:13 PM
CPD SIG
quote:
Originally posted by Gustofer:
quote:
Originally posted by PASig: Well this is going to be fun watching Trump order the Rangers and SEALS to smash these cartels once and for all. It’s WAY overdue.
Delta is already there.
Be careful of what you wish for.
______________________________________________________________________ "When its time to shoot, shoot. Dont talk!"
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February 23, 2026, 12:13 AM
Rey HRH
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Originally posted by ibanda:
Mexico needs to get pissed off enough to fix their own corruption. A few years ago the good cops went to arrest the corrupt cops and they had a shoot out inside the terminal of the Mexico City airport. They need to fix their culture. Unfortunately there is so much $ in the drug trade it's really hard to combat that.
This. Otherwise, it will be another Afghanistan.
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February 23, 2026, 12:24 AM
Flashlightboy
The average person in Mexico is poor and has no viable means to fight back against a DTO or corrupt government officials. What do they use? Broomsticks and sandals? Mexico is a beautiful country but the citizens have no means to fight back.
February 23, 2026, 12:37 AM
abnmacv
US should follow what Bibi did to the armed terrorist Hamas 7 Hezbollah. Locate the cartel enemies and send in rockets.
