President Obama, during a
recent visit to Mexico,
pointed the finger at American’s use of illegal drugs and guns for
Mexico’s plague of violence. “Much of the root cause for violence that
has been happening here in Mexico, for which so many Mexicans have
suffered, is the demand for illegal drugs in the United States,” Obama
said. He continued, “Most of the guns used to commit violence here in
Mexico come from the United States.”
The fact is, this story goes much deeper. It is true that there is a
demand for drugs in the united states, but we should ask these vital
questions: Who has facilitated this situation? Who is supporting the
drug lords? Looking into this story, we can reasonably conclude that the
American people are scapegoats for the crimes of money laundering banks
and the ATF.
As
reported by Bloomberg in 2010, mega banks including Wells Fargo (
Bailed out with $36 billion in taxpayer money in 2008) and Bank of America (Which began
giving credit cards to illegal aliens with no social security numbers in 2007) were caught laundering money
to Mexican drug cartels. In total over $300 billion was laundered in
operations that were blatantly ignored by Wachovia, now part of Wells
Fargo. Among other illegal activities, the money bought planes used to
deliver narcotics. After paying a measly $160 million in fines – and
“promising not to do it again” – Wachovia is officially
off the hook for its crimes.