What are the sides that we're talking about?

yeah who is 'the adversary'

The Drug Lords I think. The Sinaloa cartel e.g. isnt killing cops, judges, prosecutors, etc.

how do we know that? we don't. i find persuasive the argument that the packaging tape killings + the cardboard messages are by the cartels

^ because this is the MO of the cartels in mexico

I heard that too. If theyre killing judges, cops, etc. in large numbers, I think we wouldve heard of them by now.

31 & counting...When will summary executions stop? June 2009 - exact same MO

Theyre here all right. But reports Ive read say we are a mere transit point, not a final destination. Kumbaga theyre just passing thru.

I believe most of the vigilante murders lumped with EJK are the drug gangs silencing potential snitches

i think we're also a major consumer. but yeah the phils looks to be a major production and distribution hub in the asia pacific

About that. Im not convinced we're a major consumer. PH is a consumer of course, but I dont think the numbers are sufficient to call us major.

We're an 'export processing zone' if you will.

I think we're fighting the West's war on drugs. We're soldiers doing their bidding.

For all their displeasure about Duts's tactics, they secretly approve I think

not sure what the US has to do with it, since the market is in this region

Theyre after Sinaloa mostly. And besides, theyre into everything.

well there are conspiracy theories that they've teamed up with sinaloa to go after rival cartels

U.S. Government Helped Rise of Mexican Drug Cartel: ...

Sicario. Wouldnt put it past them. Great source of covert funding.

Going by that reasoning, at least some of the EJKs should be counted as shots fired by the other side...

And from the arrests made, the aspect being prioritized is final domestic demand over and above the EPZ side

Here's a conspiracy theory: Theyre supporting Sinaloa in one region while covertly supporting another cartel against Sinaloa in other regions. It's a giant Go board.

i wish my super published her work on drug cartel violence. her research would have been so useful now

asking for her unpublished paper not allowed in academia?

not at all. thanks for giving me this idea

https://kb.osu.edu/dspac... here she is, gone in retirerment. and the other mentor who's scrambling to keep me in acadmia

Ohh. Too young to retire.

she burned out, also another major reason is her son

Not sure about the Mexico connection. Duts keeps talking about Chinese drug lords.

thecityforever: Here you go. Duterte: Sinaloa drug cartel is actively operating in PH - Inquir...

Okay, thanks, I missed that. But I think his supporters floated this before he did.

If his supporters are to be believed, PH is up to its eyeballs in drugs.

this is news from 2013 Mexican drug cartel now in Phl – PDEA

Waiting for that car bomb, and shoot-out ala-Heat

This is more like it 8 killed, 8 soldiers hurt in anti-drug operations in North Cotaba...

But sounds more of rebranding

There have been a number of news items about cops killed. Ang problema baka pulis din pumatay sa kanila

Looking forward to more of that