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Brutal drug cartel slaying, burning

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Alma, Nov 5, 2019.

  1. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    The cartel money pouring into Facebook would make Putin blush if the U.S. even made a baby step toward this.

    If Nancy Reagan were still alive she'd be getting pallets of Benjamins, not from Monkey Boy but from El Chapo.
     
  2. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Nothing changes. "Plata o plomo?" Silver or lead, the bribe or the bullet. That formula has worked very well for the cartels since the 80's. The cartel in charge, the country they are centered in, those may change a bit, but the rest stays the same.


    I read a book called "The Underground Empire" by James Mills back in the 80's. I don't remember the figures, but a measurable percentage of the GDP was going out of the country and into cartel pockets annually. At that time they were having difficulty finding ways to ship out the cash, as in container loads of it. E-banking and money laundering was in its infancy. Legalizing drugs would have serious consequences, but I'm not sure they would be worse than the level of addiction, death, damage to families, and all the implications of getting caught up in the criminal justice system our current system fosters.
     
  3. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Wasn’t this family mentioned in “Under the Banner of Heaven?”
     
  4. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

    NPR reported that there is negative history between the cartels and this family or the church offshoot they created.

    "What's important to know is, several members of this community have been outspoken advocates against drug violence and extortion in the region," NPR's Carrie Kahn reports from Mexico City. She adds, "Two members of the community were kidnapped and murdered in the late 2000s, for standing up to the gangs."
     
  5. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    It's not like all of those things would magically disappear even if you could snap your fingers and make legalization happen.
     
  6. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

  7. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Nope, but the ongoing legal crap would come to a gradual halt. Taking the contraband profit out of it would do a lot of good.
     
  8. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    The examples of Canada and Mexico are good support of this statement.
     
  9. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    As long as we don't make it political.



    Anyone here willing to declare war on Mexico over this?
     
  10. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

  11. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    Hell no. There's some bad hombres down there.
     
    Last edited: Nov 6, 2019
  12. TrooperBari

    TrooperBari Well-Known Member

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