https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Violence-and-drug-trafficking-what-response-from-the-revolutionary-left https://internationalviewpoint.org/Violence-and-drug-trafficking-what-response-from-the-revolutionary-left 2026-06-17T12:42:06Z text/html en Irving Radillo Murguia Mexico <p>“Those of us who live in Mexico know that the fall of a drug lord does not mean the end of violence. The “Narco war” has taught us that after the decapitation of a cartel, power struggles ensue between interim cadres for succession, as well as acts of revenge against the Mexican state and attacks on rival cartels that will take advantage of this moment of weakness to gain influence. And this is because, even though El Mencho has fallen, the transnational structures that produce, feed and exploit these drug lords are still in place.”<span class="spip_note_ref"> [<a href="#nb1" class="spip_note" rel="appendix" title="Photo: © Diego Fernández" id="nh1">1</a>]</span></p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IVP617-June-2026-" rel="directory">IVP617 - June 2026</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Mexico-+" rel="tag">Mexico</a>