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Above: Members of the National Guard patrol the Izaguirre Ranch in Tehuchitlan, Jalisco State, Mexico, on March 19, 2025 Image copyright: Ulises Ruiz/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
Mexico is suffering from two decades of cartel warfare that have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, leaving mass graves scattered across the landscape. With tens of thousands of murders every year — most of which remain unsolved — and cartels wielding drones as weapons while operating training camps for torturers, the situation is dire. It's up to Mexico's leadership to address this violence to ensure it doesn't spill out into the international community.
Establishment-critical narrative
America's criminal negligence fueled Mexico's bloodbath through the catastrophic "Fast and Furious" operation, deliberately walking over 2,000 weapons into cartel hands while agents anticipated the "collateral damage" of human lives. U.S. citizens smuggle drugs northward as American-made guns flow south, creating a vicious cycle where Washington's reckless policies become Mexico's nightmare of mass graves and terror.