Comments on: Follow the Money: Why the U.S. Mainstream Media has Mexico Under Seige

By: HB

HB — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:52:48 +0000

What exactly is a “seige”? Something like a siege?

By: Maria E. Cota

Maria E. Cota — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:43:22 +0000

Totally agree!

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:41:51 +0000

As a frequent visitor to Mexico and travelling through Nogales and overnighting in
Culiacan and other well known small towns known for there drug problems , we have never been subjected to any real problems and our contact with the mexican people has allways been positive.

Follow the money is a right on the nose ,and just a great article.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:16:04 +0000

I don’t think the article is irresponsible journalism, it only gives a view of how the other 99% of Mexicans live.
Juarez is a battle zone where drug cartels fight to retain their logistics center to transport their products to the U.S. It certainly is odd that once the drugs cross the border (El Paso), they flow freely through the distribution channels to the consumers without interruption. By the way, the two consulate workers murdered in Juarez were killed by members of the Aztecs, an American gang in El Paso run out of a prison in north Texas, as documented in the History Channel.
If we balance the everyday life of Mexicans with the battleground to disrupt the drug trade, maybe American can appreciate the dilemma and support Mexico’s war on drugs which has cost so many innocent lives in order to reduce the illegal drug market in the U.S.

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:11:37 +0000

While I have lived, happily, in Mexico for about twenty three years now I remember the sage advice of an old history professor of mine in college. Always check the source for any thing you read before valuing it.

The source for this article was “Charles Simpson, Mexinvestnow.com”. Think about that email address……motives, perhaps?

By: Susan J. Cobb

Susan J. Cobb — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:15:41 +0000

My husband and I are extremely happy in Mexico. So happy I wrote a whole book about it. Virgin Territory: How I Found My Inner Guadalupe is available online through Amazon.com

By: Cory

Cory — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:50:50 +0000

What a crock! I live in El Paso, TX and see the violence first hand. There have already been 5000 homicides in Juarez, this year alone, including 20 High School/College kids that gathered for a party in the middle of the afternoon.They were just “going about their business”, trying to live their lives and were a case of mistaken identity. Oh and then there was the assassination of two U.S. Consulate workers, who were followed and shot after leaving a consulate sponsored party for children. One of them was a 25 year old pregnant woman…pretty sure that she was just going about her business. I wonder why the author of this article didn’t interview a Mexican business owner who just had their house burned down, because they couldn’t pay the money that was being extorted from them…or the hundreds of Mexican citizens feeling to the U.S. to escape the violence.

Sure there is a lot of money flowing into Mexico, but what the author fails to mention is that the Mexican Government is so corrupt, they are the only ones reaping the benefits of this influx. Yes John Deere closed down their plant and moved to Mexico, so that they could pay the employees $8 per day as opposed to $20 per hour. Make no mistake, the number one export from Mexico is drugs and that is where all of the good paying jobs are, which is why there is so much violence.

This article is irresponsible journalism at its best…or should I say worst!

By: Heliosmazmiguel

Heliosmazmiguel — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:46:30 +0000

Excellent
… the good average U.S. Citizens who are manipulated into living in “fear”. It’s very sad.
time a changing… slowly
hm

By: Johnny Punish

Johnny Punish — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:08:14 +0000

VICKI, sadly the USA is a victim of it’s own mainstream media on steroids. They need to end 24 hour news and shut off the tube!

The only losers here are the good average U.S. Citizens who are manipulated into living in “fear”. It’s very sad.

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By: S.D. Bennett

S.D. Bennett — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:38:57 +0000

Excellent article!

By: Viki

Viki — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:37:49 +0000

My husband and I are part of the wave of Boomers that have recently retired to Mexico (or are planning to), and it was absolutely the right decision for us! We will be celebrating our first anniversary here next week. Never have I been so in love with where I live!

Yes, the violence has increased in recent months (We live in Sinaloa). But as the article says, even in the more violent areas 99% of the people are still living their lives as always, going to the beach, the movies, the parks…as are we. We have a lifestyle here that we could never have enjoyed in the states.

It was sad to see the negative impact on our tourist season last year because of the swine flu scare. Our entire state had ONE unconfirmed case of it, and yet cruise ships were diverted away. Now the US has an embargo against our Mexican shrimp, and that will hurt us as well.

I think this article was “dead on!” Follow the money!

Viki

By: Rene'

Rene' — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:47:59 +0000

This article is very excellent and nice to here someone say something positive about Mexico. I live in Mexico and I am a dual citizen and I see the wave of Americans exploring Mexico as their place for retirement. I also see the mexican people preparing for the future and preparing themselves to be an economic force in the near future. USA needs to partner up with Mexico and make things better for both sides instead of sending bad press to American about how bad and dangerous Mexico is. Mexico is one of the most loved countries in the world, so bad press makes America look envious or looking to put Mexico down which will accomplish nothing. Lets be positive on both sides and the world will be a better place.
Rene’

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David A. White — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:52:36 +0000

Mexico is a beautiful country with beautiful people. It is a country of great wealth with a small middle class. You have to admit that even in the worst of times in the US, we did not target our police and elected officals for death at the rate, the Mexican drug lords are doing on their people.

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