Storm: Mexico's Killing Fields
A failed state by anyone's definition. With a corrupt
government. Hand in hand with the drug cartels. Same with every branch of the
armed forces and police. All in it together. Partly funded by drugs,
kidnappings and murders. With weapons and equipment provided by America. Broken
faith that it makes a difference.
Eighty thousand dead in over a decade of drug wars.
Twenty six thousand missing. A number that rises each day. A tap on your door
at 6AM. Taking you in front of your family. Resist? Then you die. How many
families can pay up? How many hostages are safely released and reunited? Who is
taken next?
Nobody is safe. Drive down the highway, cops can pull you
over. Call your family, he says turn your phone off. You disappear. Forever.
Government say it'll help; it doesn't. Only the families keep looking. So many
missing loved ones. They look even if it kills them. No other option.
There are burn pits in the mountains. Your loved ones
died here. There is evidence: broken bones, ashes, empty fuel containers, bits
of rubber and wood. To destroy the bodies so DNA is corrupted. The chances of
identification are almost zero. The thugs are both smart and skilled. And
always get away with it.
The year 2015, it's just like 1985. Events in Mexico are
bigger than Argentina, Chile, El Salvador and Nicaragua combined. The 'Disappeared'
keep disappearing. Students going on a demo end up missing, presumed dead. Not
even the army intervened. Was it them? Working with the cartels?
The whole world is watching and nothing is changing. What
will it take? A revolution born in the land of revolution? The blood of a
hundred thousand more to stop this mess? Rising up and overthrowing their
corrupt leaders, the military and police. Is that possible? Or a fool's dream
in a one sided war?