The "Drug War" in Mexico is an unmitigated humanitarian catastrophe. More Mexicans died in Felipe Calderon's six-year term than Americans who died in Vietnam. Between 2006 and 2019, somewhere in the neighborhood of 400,000 Mexicans have died in organized crime violence associated with the drug trade.
There is a single gun store in the entire country of Mexico. The country is awash in guns bought in the United States. The demand for the drugs that fuels the Drug War is mostly from Americans. The cartels don't want to target Americans, but the insatiable demand for drugs in this country has created incentives towards violence that have immiserated that country.
Today, we celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace. He may have died for our sins, but perhaps our sins are too many to be truly forgiven.
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