This is at least the 3rd story in the last 2 months about Mexican gangs killing people at a party or gathering. 20 people killed is, at the very least, inching up to terrorist-type numbers. Personally, I’d describe it as a bloodbath.
So, why don’t the Mexican authorities just start throwing parties, with all participants actually cops, with lots of cops in neighboring buildings and snipers watching from windows and rooftops? Then, when a car full of gun-wielding assholes shows up, they could just mow them down and maybe capture one or 2 or 10? The captured guys could lead them to the gang’s base of operations, a full scale assault a la Waco could ensue; problem solved.
I mean, surely I can’t be the only person to think of this? So why isn’t it/hasn’t it been done?
I think you should consider the possibility that the parties that get attacked aren’t attacked because they are parties; these guys are unlikely to be meeting up and saying to one another “let’s find a party to shoot up”!
A wild guess says that these guys are looking for gathering which are likely to include some people that they want to kill.
These criminals have better weapons than the army so the cops would probably lose the battle.
As far as I know there are several cops among these criminals.
Are you familiar with the phrase Plata o plomo?
Coined by Pablo Escobar during the similar drug gang wars in Columbia. Roughly translated, you can have my silver or my lead. In other words, receive my bribe or receive my bullets.
Yes, what a great idea, genius in its simplicity. Now why don’t you come up an equally simple solution to bust all of the drug gangs in your country? Then we could really have a party.
He’d do better to come up with a solution to America’s endless appetite for dope and the futile War on (some) Drugs, which are the real source of the problem.