John Philip Hernandez, a resident in Houston, was recently sentenced to 8 years in prison for arming drug cartels. The actual count against him was making a false statement to a gun dealer, which runs about 4 to 5 years standard. Working through various parties, he accumulated 339 military style weapons over 15 months, claiming that they were all for personal use, and would not be turned over to a third party. At least 40 of them have already been recovered in Mexico. His lengthened sentence was because, although he claimed that he didn't know they were going to drug cartels, they are the only serious market for assault rifles and military guns. Prosecutors felt that he should know that he is only arming hit-men.read more here
It is from contacts in America that the drug cartels are able to get a majority of their weapons, which undoubtably fuels a fair deal of anger on Mexico's side and thus makes international accords all the more arduous. Also, we create a sizable market for the drug cartels, in effect fueling the drug wars from almost every angle. We have never colonized Mexico, but throughout history we have dominated them politically and economically in an extremely one sided arrangement, and only by easing up in our involvement will Mexico be able to develop into a fully industrialized nation.
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