FUCK BANKS

so my family used to travel to mexico about every other year for as long as i can remember, to visit family in monterrey & just to be in the motherland & sip jamaica. my mother was born in tiny little town near the border. she had a small house there that her parents left her after they passed. about three years ago narcos took over her hometown, her ENTIRE HOMETOWN, and she had to board up the little house & hope for the best. oh also, narcos MURDERED THE MAYOR.

some people (a-holes) might just write this off as "border violence". whatever.

i also have family in monterrey, a city that totally looks like Dallas or Houston, only prettier (more sculptures + flowering vegetation everywhere) & probably has more Audi dealerships than either combined. so all in all, a pretty large affluent modernized city, my family lives in a middle class neighborhood. someone called their home phone threatening that they kidnapped their son & would kill him if they didnt put up ransom money (it ended up being an idle threat). also, gun fights erupting in the street during rush hour between rival drug syndicates. imagine running into that shit on your way home from work. only to come home & be led to believe your loved one has been kidnapped and might die.

so needless to say i haven't been to mexico or seen my family there in 3 years. i can't put into words how pissed off i am that i can't visit my homeland because of this narco bullshit.

yeah mexico has always been a dangerous, but in the vein of "don't act like an entitled American Asshole, use common sense & you'll be fine". but this is different. mexico is TEARING ITSELF APART, and the U.S. is just letting it happen.

oh, and here is why:

BANKS FINANCING MEXICO GANGS ADMITTED IN WELLS FARGO DEAL