Mexico cartels' power increased as the result of disastrous US policies, explains Rebecca Gordon http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175971/tomgram%3A_rebecca_gordon%2C_it_didn%27t_work_in_afghanistan%2C_so_let%27s_do_it_in_mexico/ … #WarOnDrugs
The US foots a major part of the bill for Mexico's #WarOnDrugs: $2.4 billion dollars in 2008-2014
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