When evil prevails people die

Sep 27, 2011 Editorial

There are many intemperate people in the world. They seem unable to tolerate the slightest criticism and react with unprecedented violence. The sex of the victim is of little consequence; both men and women are being treated alike and are exposed to the same level of cruelty.
Two days ago, the Mexican drug cartel, Zeta, beheaded a woman because she posted something on the internet that the cartel found to be hostile to its drug running interests. The woman, a reporter, did not use her name but the cartel was able to track her down, behead her and leave a note that must serve as a warning to other reporters who may feel inclined to follow her path.
Mexico is not the only country that is home to people who kill people in the most horrific way. Other countries, some of them classified as developed countries, also have people who kill those who dare to challenge their illegality.
Jamaica is surely one. In recent times there has been a spate of beheadings in the Caribbean island. It was as if they were copying what was being done in Mexico. This total disregard for life has assumed frightening proportions.
Another female reporter in the United Kingdom died in a car crash, the victim of a drug group. She had been reporting fearlessly on the activities of the group and as if to send a message, the people killed her. The United States of America is not without its intemperate people. Gunmen killed a reporter who happened to be sitting in a café. Again, this reporter, a foreigner, had been reporting extensively on the drug trade, even naming the proponents.
Guyana has its share of intemperate people. We are recovering from the harsh effects of the crime wave that saw more than 200 young men and women killed. Many of these people died because they dared to challenge one drug lord or the other.
Women died too, in Guyana. During the crime wave, one of them was gunned down in a car while she was driving in the company of others along the Railway Embankment in the vicinity of Ogle. Another died while she was walking home from her job with a carpet cleansing enterprise and yet another died just outside her home.
An elderly woman was shot dead in her Robb Street home which was being claimed by someone else; and the list goes on. We have not included those who died at the hands of their spouses because while there has been some measure of intemperance in these killings, more often than not, they resulted from emotional passion.
In a world in which every country proclaims that it upholds the right to life, such killings beg many questions. We do not need to ask whether there are people who believe that only their views must be heard. That is so. What we must ask is whether the law enforcers in the society are equipped to catch the perpetrators of such crimes.
It took a revolution in Libya to discover that some opponents of the just ousted Libyan regime died in police custody and were buried in mass graves. The number of dead people found in these graves was in excess of 1,700.
Surely, the international community must be aware. They have the technology to listen in to just about any conversation in the world. They can see just about anything. They have been able to kill people in remote locations.
The killings in Mexico have been going on for a very long time. The global policeman is the role in which the United States sees itself. It has the capability to render assistance to countries plagued by acts of random killings and certain human rights violations. Why Mexico has not appealed for help defies logic. Its army has recorded small successes but the major players in the killing fields remain.
It was surely not to the credit of the Guyana Government that so many people died violently. The government did seek international help but in the end it was left to its own devices. And it prevailed. It seems to have backpedalled on the campaign that brought an end to the crime wave.
And the people themselves are encouraging the killings. They see and say nothing, some because they are afraid of reprisals, others because they support lawlessness. Unless there is strong action by the law enforcers Guyana may find itself sharing the spotlight with Mexico and Jamaica and the other killing fields.

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