It needs to be a multi pronged invasion starting at the narrow land bridge along the US/Mexican border and the Sea of Cortez to cut off Baja from mainland Mexico. That part of the invasion will need to head south and occupy San Felipe as it's base of operations.
While Mexico is focused there the sea and air invasion needs to focus on places like Ensenada that has a military base. Caba San Lucas will be a landing base for sea invasion that then heads north. While all this is going on the invasion at San Ysidro port of entry and Mexicali can begin.
Mexico will of course engage it's air force to counter attack but if the sea invasion is successful as a surprise then antiaircraft artillery can be placed to counter any attack by air. Missile bases should be placed on the eastern shores to threaten Mexican cities on the mainland.
After a successful military invasion the courts, police force, media and all government agencies should be taken over and staffed by Spanish speaking Americans. Here's where our own home grown Mexican Americans can play a big part to reform the Baja government. All federal agencies and troops should be promptly given a warning to register for deportation to Mexican mainland. Anyone staying behind who is employed by the Federal government would be subject to arrest for failing to register to be deported. All federal property of the Mexican government should be seized at this time.
Police forces to be reorganized by city and restructured with an American Chief of Police who will follow the law but for the time being, the area is under martial law.
Farmers, tradesmen and private citizens are to be given the most freedom. Shop keepers are advised to carry on normal business.
Indigenous Native Americans from other regions in Mexico and not owning land or property are to be deported back to mainland Mexico. This especially is important in Tijuana. They are a constant drag on society in terms of health, hygiene and begging.
Any homeless from mainland Mexico should of course be deported. Mexicans who refuse to sign up for citizenship should also be deported.
Every single person should present themselves with their ID, have their identity verified and place of birth recorded. Government records should be locked down for research concerning births, deaths, marriages and divorces.
Any counter attacks or insurgency should be dealt with harshly. No exceptions. Don't like the new government? Tough shit. Leave or die.
Property records should be maintained as well as bank accounts. Banking should become a sacred responsibility. Gold and silver standards to back up new currency. Mexican currency is to be discontinued as it has no backing.
All bank and government currency to be seized and used to purchase backing for the new currency. A treasury department will be ordered to create gold and silver currency for world exchange and to pay the new government workers.
A new constitution to be created modeled on the original American Constitution and backed up with severe penalties for infringement.
Okay, you've thought through this much more than I have.
It would be successful if a bunch of purged ex military types got involved and led the effort. Obama spent eight years purging high ranking officers from the Navy so they are bound to be pissed. Then he also went after career military to replace with younger and more indoctrinated military.
All this needs of course is good leadership, organization and funding. Yes, it would mean being surrounded by Latinos but most of them aren't that bad until you get to the backwards villages.
Mexico is a hot bed of corruption but a few years under martial law should see enough executions to purge the society of at least half of the malefactors in government. After that, strict enforcement of anticorruption laws with harsh penalties should weed out about 25% more of the baddies.
The military bases would of course have to be taken over and restructured but the mistake of defunding the military should not be made. Rather, coopt as many who are in charge as possible, reeducate those who are willing to cooperate and deport the malcontents to mainland.
I'd opt for a massive boost in education starting at first grade and make English a requirement. The Latino culture should be preserved, with such things as cuisine, local festivals, music and art maintained so far as the people want it.
In ten years time the locals would find they had a booming economy. Another thing, international banking would make the place a gold mine. Protections for anyone wanting to hide their wealth in bank accounts would need to be strictly enforced in the banking community. Baja would be like the Latino version of Switzerland.
Proper management under a new government would make Baja a mecca for banking, money transfers, technology and international business.
You know, Tijuana used to take in billions of dollars in tourism every year but 97% of the taxes collected went straight to Mexico city. And then people wonder why TJ is a shithole.
Right now the Mexican government is weaker than it's ever been. The military is fractured, local politicians are so corrupt and cowed by the narcos they don't dare step out of line or they get killed within a day. It's a weak country and I doubt they could mount a credible defense to an organized invasion.
If you do a google earth search along the southern coasts you can see the remains of hundreds of houses that were bulldozed. Houses owned by Americans who bought into the idea they could just buy land along the coasts and build a vacation home. Plots for homes could be distributed as an award for every single soldier who wanted to join the invasion. Ready made plots already exist.
I'll take some land in La Paz, if we're successful.
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