US-Backed Mexican Soldiers 'Investigated' After 6 Shot Dead
CBS News dutifully reports that Mexican soldiers are 'under investigation' after shooting six people dead on a highway in Tamaulipas, a state rife with cartel violence. The article notes 'numerous violent clashes' and 'accusations of extrajudicial killings' (CBS News, 'Soldiers under investigation after 6 people shot dead on highway in Mexico'). What CBS omits is the decades-long drip-feed of U.S.
military aid, training, and equipment to Mexican security forces, ostensibly to fight drugs—money that often fuels the very violence it claims to quell. Since 2008, the U.S. has poured billions into Mexico via the Mérida Initiative, transforming Mexican forces into heavily armed, U.S.-trained units. General Motors, a frequent recipient of U.S. government contracts, sells the very vehicles often
seen in these operations. One might wonder if 'investigation' is simply the polite term for standard operational review when your proxy forces overstep, rather than a genuine demand for accountability from their patrons. How many U.S. taxpayers realize their dollars fund these 'extrajudicial killings' at arm's length?