• HasturInYellow@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    As soon as I saw “peaceful until a group of hooded men began causing violence” I knew it was the USA doing what they do to justify their near term invasion of South America and Mexico.

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      7 hours ago

      Cops (and other paid actors) do that in every country, it didn’t have to be their neighbor.

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        4 hours ago

        It doesn’t have to be, but given the current threats from the USA at present, and their EXTENSIVE history of doing it in Latin America, it seems a safe bet. If it was the cartels, I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the CIA paid the cartels to do it through intermediaries.