| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
Mexiko. Mexico’s Forever War on Drugs
Mexiko. Mexico’s Forever War on Drugs
Sunday morning and the images are circulating across every screen in Mexico. The city of Guadalajara, in Jalisco—the third-largest in the country and a host for the upcoming World Cup—is shrouded in smoke. There are fires, and there are bonfires. Trucks are blocking avenues and highways. Military convoys are advancing relentlessly, as if heading everywhere and nowhere at the same time. These sights are a metaphor for a conflict we don’t know how to name: omnipresent, endless, and difficult to comprehend even for those fighting it—or perhaps for them above all. (The Ideas Letter (OSF – Open Society Foundation), USA, 19.03.2026)
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