3 Sinaloa cartel members face death penalty in Malaysia

For a minute I thought Mexico finally woke up and realized they needed to enact the death penalty, but I was wrong...this incident occurred in Malaysia.

The so what here is that the cartels retain the dominant psychological advantage of affecting life over death. The Mexican government, unfortunately, appears to roll-over.

--Yes, the armed forces have made some gains.

--Yes, the government appears to have prosecuted some efforts to mitigate news stories being published by the media.

 

--BUT, what returns...sustained returns is given to the people by the government?  Is the government filling in the social voids left by the cartels once they remove them? What are the Mexicans getting in return for giving up their freedom of speech/expression? There needs to be some payback, or they will align themselves with the cartels.

Borderland Beat: 3 Sinaloa cartel members face death penalty in Malaysia