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Melon

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2. The Mexico government needs to absolutely hit the cartel boss who fills the void. And next

Reply to Gaugamela (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:43 PM

Yesterday

We had an employee child kidnapped for ransom in Mexico. Money was paid and child never returned. The cartels prey on the poor town in the country and their own citizens. The cartels own the government and collude with the police. They are burning areas and killing citizens because the appeasement of criminals doesn’t work.

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They mad. Working for trump and Tulsi probably. LuvLoogie Yesterday #1

The Mexico government needs to absolutely hit the cartel boss who fills the void. And next Melon Yesterday #2

Looks more serious than the usual Warpy Yesterday #3

They're doing this LeftInTX Yesterday #4