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Trump is talking about missle strikes -- HERE!
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El Tigre Verón
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Where is your definition of here?
Cheap Bastard
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Isn't that Trump's MO of missile strikes against his enemies? Venezuela, Iran, Cuba next..... Mexico in the future.
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Argentina specifically, but South America generally.
That is funny. Yes, if only! Trump will probably regret this war with Iran. He just expected to bomb them and accept a quick surrender. They have nothing to lose now to dig in and wait it out. The son seems worse than his dad so this probably will be a worse situation. Afghanistan 2.0.
El Tigre Verón
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I'm not sure large parts of Argentina are run by the "cartels". I stand to be educated though. Still a bit misleading imo.
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Did you even read the original news release? Bless your heart for the skepticism—because nothing says "well-researched" like dismissing cartel influence in Argentina based on vibes alone. Large parts? Try the tri-border area with Paraguay and Brazil, where the PCC and Brazilian cartels have been running cocaine pipelines, money laundering, and even political strings for years (just peek at the 2023-2025 UNODC reports or Interpol busts). Misleading? Nah, that's just reality not fitting the postcard view. Educate yourself, champ. It doesn't take "cartels running the country" for Trump to get involved.
Calgary Foodie
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Totally agree. Not sure that is accurate.
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Argentina Doesn’t Have the Kind of Cartels You See in Mexico
When people hear the phrase drug cartels, they usually picture Mexico or Colombia. Huge organizations. Military-style operations. Leaders who run entire territories.
Argentina doesn’t work like that.
Instead of giant cartels, the crime scene here is more scattered. Think smaller family clans and neighborhood gangs. They’re mostly focused on distribution, moving cocaine and marijuana through local networks rather than controlling entire regions.
It’s messier. Less centralized. But it’s still organized.
Rosario Is Where Things Get Ugly
If there’s one city that keeps showing up in the news, it’s Rosario.The reason is simple: the port.
Cocaine from Peru and Bolivia often moves through Rosario before heading to Europe. That traffic attracts gangs, and gangs bring violence.
Two of the biggest rivals are Los Monos and the Alvarado clan. Their turf wars have turned parts of the city into something closer to a battlefield than a normal Argentine neighborhood.
At one point Rosario recorded over 200 homicides in a single year. For Argentina, that’s a shocking number.
Buenos Aires Has Its Own Problem
The capital region doesn’t look like a narco war zone, but crime networks are still there.In Buenos Aires province, smaller clans run street-level drug markets. One disturbing trend is how often they recruit teenagers. Kids get used as dealers. Sometimes as hitmen.
Meanwhile the real bosses sit in prison.
And here’s the strange part: prison doesn’t always stop them. Some gang leaders keep running operations from inside, using phones and corrupt officials to pass orders outside.
Brazil’s PCC Is Slowly Moving In
There’s also a bigger regional player that worries security experts.Brazil’s Primeiro Comando da Capital, known as the PCC.
It’s one of South America’s most powerful criminal groups, and it has been expanding beyond Brazil. Routes through Paraguay and Bolivia connect easily to Argentina, especially near the Triple Frontier.
Those border areas are perfect for smuggling. Too many roads. Too many rivers. Too many places where oversight is thin.
That makes it easy for drugs, money laundering, and corruption to slip through.
The Violence Is Getting Worse
In the last couple of years, things have escalated.Some gangs have ordered random killings of civilians just to send a message to authorities. A shop owner here. A taxi driver there. The point is fear.
President Javier Milei has responded with tougher security measures and federal patrols, trying to clamp down on the violence.
But gangs are adapting.
In poorer neighborhoods, some have even started funding soup kitchens and community aid, partly to recruit kids and partly to build loyalty.
It’s an old tactic. Criminal groups step in where the state is weak.
And once they do, it becomes much harder to push them out.
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